U+791F "礟" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+791F "礟" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare or obsolete Chinese character that typically refers to a type of ancient stone-throwing weapon, often interpreted as a variant of the character 炮 (pào), which originally denoted a catapult or cannon. Its structure combines the radical 石 (stone) suggesting material, with a phonetic component, and it appears in historical texts related to warfare or engineering. In modern usage, this character is largely superseded by its simplified or more common equivalents, though it remains preserved in specialized dictionaries and digital unicode sets for historical and philological reference.