炮

ba̅o = b + ao1

to sauté / to fry / to dry by heating

páo = p + ao2

to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching (in a pan)

pào = p + ao4

cannon / CL:座[zuo4] / firecracker

炮 = 包 + 火 : Pinocchio (p) plays with a cannon (炮) in the aorta's bathroom (ao4). He found a very colorful handbag (包) which he puts into his cannon. He then lights a match (火) and fires his cannon, shooting the handbag out of the window.

炮

砲

pào = p + ao4

variant of 炮[pao4]

炮 character breakdown

炮
- 包
  - 勹
    - 丿
    - ㇆
      - 一
      - 亅
  - 巳
    - 乚
    - 口
- 火
  - 丶
  - 人
    - 丿
    - ㇏

包

ba̅o = b + ao1

surname Bao

包

ba̅o = b + ao1

to cover / to wrap / to hold / to include / to take charge of / to contract (to or for) / package / wrapper / container / bag / to hold or embrace / bundle / packet / CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1]

包 = 勹 + 巳 : Beelzebub wants to scare he elephant in front of the aorta. He shows him a colorful handbag, and just as the elephant is having a closer look, a snakes pops out and scares the elephant almost to death.

火

huǒ = hu + o3

fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86

火 = 人 + 丶 : Helga Horse (hu) and Neanderthal Man (人) are starting a fire (火) in the observatory's living room (o3) with two large petals (丶).