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Kanji Detail for 暴 - "violent, sudden"

暴

  • Meaning

    暴 means "violent, sudden." Also associated with to expose.

    1. Violent - Fierce and forceful; rough.

    2. Expose - To reveal; to lay bare.

    3. Sudden - Happening quickly; abrupt.

    4. Rage - To act wildly; to storm.

  • Words using 暴

    • 暴力 ぼうりょく Listen violence; mayhem
    • 暴動 ぼうどう Listen insurrection; riot; uprising
    • 暴行 ぼうこう Listen assault; outrage; act of violence
    • 暴落 ぼうらく Listen slump; crash; heavy fall
    • 暴走 ぼうそう Listen acting rashly; running wildly; behaving recklessly
    • 暴風 ぼうふう Listen storm; windstorm; gale
    • 乱暴 らんぼう Listen violence; assault; rowdiness
    • 暴挙 ぼうきょ Listen violence; reckless action; (an) outrage

  • Four-character idioms with 暴

    • 自暴自棄 じぼうじき Listen desperation; despair; self-abandonment
    • 一暴十寒 いちばくじっかん Listen bursts of exertion will fail to bear fruit if interrupted by long periods of idleness; strenuous efforts, unless sustained, are to no avail
    • 乱暴狼藉 らんぼうろうぜき Listen running amok; committing an outrage; rampageous behavior
    • 暴虎馮河 ぼうこひょうが Listen foolhardy courage
    • 暴虐非道 ぼうぎゃくひどう Listen violent and cruel; tyrannical and atrocious
    • 暴飲暴食 ぼういんぼうしょく Listen excessive drinking and eating; overeating and overdrinking

  • Tattoo check: 暴

    • Verified meaning: violent, sudden
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read すえお, すえしげ, すえのぶ, すえはる)
    • Also carries these associations: to expose

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 暴

    Given names 暴(ぼう)Listen

    Surnames 暴(すえお)Listen 暴(すえしげ)Listen 暴(すえのぶ)Listen 暴(すえはる)Listen 暴(すえみつ)Listen 暴(すえむね)Listen 暴(のりしげ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    outburst; rave; fret; force; violence; cruelty; outrage

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    violent, brutal, tyrannical

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Bao

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    violent, brutal, tyrannical

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Cruel. Meaning fierce and evil. Such as 貪暴 (greedy and violent), 暴虐 (tyrannical). Bandits are called 暴客. From "Book of Changes." | To harm. Such as 暴殄天物, meaning to destroy recklessly without care. | Sudden. Such as 疾風暴雨 (violent wind and rain), meaning coming suddenly. Colloquially, sudden cold is called 暴冷. Sudden wealth is called 暴發. | 暴虎 means to fight a tiger with bare hands. From "Book of Odes." | To expose to the sun. Such as 一暴十寒 (one day of exposure, ten days of cold). From "Mencius." Commonly written as 曝. | To make known. To announce to the public is called 暴. From "Mencius": "暴之於民而民受之" (announce it to the people and they accept it).

  • Onyomi

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    baku(バク) バク

    boh(ボウ) ボウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    aba.ku(あば-く) あば-く

    aba.reru(あば-れる) あば-れる

  • Strokes

    tip

    15 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    日 (hi・hihen・nichi・nichihen)

  • Related Keywords

    violent expose sudden damage harm rage rampage rough rude wild unruly riot aggression bare chaos fierce forceful fury havoc powerful rebellion reveal upheaval

Sentences including 暴

  • The riot got out of hand.

  • Don't be rough in speech.

  • I can't put up with his violence any longer.

  • He disclosed my secret.

  • These shoes will stand up to hard use.

  • Now you've given yourself away.

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