爆 — Chinese character
爆
bào
crackle, pop; burst, explode
- Pinyin
- bào
- Radical
- 86 ⽕ (Fire)
- Strokes
- 19
- Components
- 火 暴
- Formation
- ideographic — A violent 暴 flame 火; 暴 also provides the pronunciation
- Japanese
- 爆 as a kanji
Common words with 爆
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 爆发 (爆發) | bào fā | to break out; to erupt; to explode; to burst out |
| 爆炸 | bào zhà | explosion; to explode |
| 引爆 | yǐn bào | to ignite; to detonate |
| 火爆 | huǒ bào | fiery (temper); popular |
| 爆破 | bào pò | to blow up; to demolish (using explosives) |
| 爆料 | bào liào | to reveal inside or previously undisclosed information; revelation; leak; tip-off |
| 爆米花 | bào mǐ huā | puffed rice; popcorn |
| 爆裂 | bào liè | to rupture; to burst |
| 爆出 | bào chū | to burst out; to appear unexpectedly |
| 爆满 (爆滿) | bào mǎn | filled to capacity (of theater, stadium, gymnasium etc) |
| 爆笑 | bào xiào | to burst out laughing; hilarious |
| 爆红 (爆紅) | bào hóng | to burst onto the scene; to shoot to fame; to become suddenly popular |
English words written with 爆
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.