暴 – outburst, rave, fret

15 strokesTaught in grade 5#692 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 暴 means outburst, rave, fret, force, violence, cruelty, outrage. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ボウ、バク (bou, baku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is あば.く、あば.れる (abaku, abareru). It is written with 15 strokes, under radical 日 (no. 72).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ボウ	bou
On’yomi	バク	baku
Kun’yomi	あば.く	abaku
Kun’yomi	あば.れる	abareru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 日 (Kangxi radical 72). Components: ｜・一・水・二・日・ハ・井.

Words using 暴

乱暴らんぼうviolence暴れるあばれるto act violently暴露ばくろdisclosure暴動ぼうどうinsurrection暴風ぼうふうstorm暴力ぼうりょくviolence

Example sentences

弟の乱暴はこのごろ目に余る。

My brother has been much too rowdy lately.

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道具を乱暴に扱うな。

Don't handle the tools roughly.

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少年たちは２階でどたばた暴れていた。

The boys were banging about upstairs.

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Kanji with the same radical

日時明昨早映景旧易春普昇星曜暮晴

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