炮烙

Chinese

cannon; gun; firecracker bake; flat iron; large cake
trad. (炮烙) 炮 烙
simp. #(炮烙) 炮 烙

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 炮 烙
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 並 (3) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 肴 (90) 唐 (103)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) II I
Fanqie 薄交切 盧各切
Baxter baew lak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/bˠau/ /lɑk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/bᵚau/ /lɑk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/bau/ /lɑk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/baɨw/ /lak̚/
Li
Rong
/bau/ /lɑk̚/
Wang
Li
/bau/ /lɑk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/bʱau/ /lɑk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
páo luò
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
paau4 lok6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 炮 烙
Reading # 2/2 1/1
No. 286 3870
Phonetic
component
勹 各
Rime
group
幽 鐸
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
庖 落
Old
Chinese
/*bruː/ /*ɡ·raːɡ/

Noun

炮烙

  1. a paoluo, a hot pillar for torture, said to have been used by King Zhou of Shang to entertain his consort Daji

Japanese

Kanji in this term
炮 烙
ほう
Hyōgaiji
らく
Hyōgaiji
kan’on
Kanji in this term
炮 烙
ほう
Hyōgaiji
らく > ろく
Hyōgaiji
kan’on irregular

Etymology

From Chinese 炮烙 (páoluò). Compare Mandarin 炮烙 (páolào).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ほーらく [hòórákú] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ho̞ːɾa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]
  • (Tokyo) ほーろく [hòórókú] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ho̞ːɾo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

炮(ほう)烙(らく) • (hōraku) ←はうらく (fauraku)?
(alternative reading hiragana ほうろく, rōmaji hōroku, historical hiragana はうろく)

  1. Alternative spelling of 焙烙
  2. (history) a paolao
    • 1996 November 1, Ryū Fujisaki, “第(だい)3(さん)回(かい) 妲(だっ)己(き)ちゃん 炮(ほう)烙(らく)を造(つく)る”, in 封(ほう)神(しん)演(えん)義(ぎ) (封(ほう)神(しん)演(えん)義(ぎ)), volume 1 (fiction; paperback), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 104:
      なっ…何(なん)だ これは
      炮(ほう)烙(らく)ですわん♡この中(なか)で炎(ほのお)を燃(も)やしあのふ(・)い(・)ご(・)で高(こう)温(おん)にすると この銅(どう)柱(ちゅう)はまっ赤(か)になるのん♡そこに罪(ざい)人(にん)を抱(だ)きつかせる———という処(しょ)刑(けい)道(どう)具(ぐ)ですわん♡
      Na'…Nan da kore wa
      Hōraku desu wan♡ Kono naka de honō o moyashi ano FUIGO de kōon ni suru to kono dōchū wa makka ni naru non♡ Soko ni zainin o dakitsukaseru ———to iu shokei dōgu desu wan♡
      Wh…What the hell are these?
      These are Paolao♡ We will set fire inside them with the BELLOWS over there, and once we do, these copper pillars will become hot red♡ And then we will push the criminal on them ———These are devices of execution♡
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