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Kanji Detail for 爆 - "to detonate, to shatter, to burst"

  • Meaning

    爆 means "to detonate, to shatter, to burst."

    1. Burst - To pop; to crack; to rupture.

    2. Explode - To blow up; to detonate.

    3. Split - To break apart violently.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    bomb; burst open; pop; split

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    crackle, pop, burst, explode

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to explode or burst; to quick fry or quick boil

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    crackle, pop; burst, explode

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

    Fire bursting. Putting nuts or fruits in fire to crack their shells is also colloquially called 爆. | 爆竹. Firecrackers that make sounds to ward off evil. Anciently made of bamboo. Now made of paper and gunpowder, called 爆仗 (firecrackers). Commonly read like 炮.
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Sentences including

  • All at once there was an explosion.

  • The explosion came about by accident.

  • She came back ten minutes after the explosion.

  • London was bombed several times.

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