Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

爆: bomb, burst open

Also: pop, split

JLPT N219 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

火 carries the meaning · 暴 gives the sound

19 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

バクbaku · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 爆弾ばくだんbomb [n.]
  • 爆風ばくふうblast [n.]
  • 爆薬ばくやくexplosive, blasting powder
  • 原爆げんばくatomic bomb
  • 被爆者ひばくしゃatomic bomb victim
  • 爆発的なばくはつてきなexplosive, tremendous
  • 爆撃するばくげきするbomb, drop bombs
  • 爆笑するばくしょうするroar with laughter
  • 爆発するばくはつするexplode
  • 爆破するばくはするblow up, blast

Also read はぜる, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.

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“Look at 火 and see the campfire! The central stroke is the main flame, and the side strokes are sparks dancing in the wind.”
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Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
火

Also built on fire (火)

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Also read バク

7 kanji share this on'yomi
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · bào

Same form: 爆 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
爆 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
爆 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin bào most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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