Japanese symbol for “blasting”
爆砕
ばくさい
Romaji: bakusai
blasting
In Japanese, blasting is 爆砕, read ばくさい (bakusai).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Meanings
- n, vs, vt blasting
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “blasting”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 発破 | はっぱ happa | explosive blast (in construction, mining, etc.); blasting |
| ぶっ飛び | ぶっとび buttobi | flying far; blasting (e.g. into the sky); powerful jump |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 爆発 | ばくはつ bakuhatsu | explosion; detonation; blast |
| 爆弾 | ばくだん bakudan | bomb |
| 爆撃 | ばくげき bakugeki | bombing (raid) |
| 原爆 | げんばく genbaku | atomic bomb; A-bomb |
| 爆破 | ばくは bakuha | destructive blast; blowing up; explosion |
| 空爆 | くうばく kuubaku | aerial bombing |
| 粉砕 | ふんさい funsai | pulverization; pulverisation |
| 玉砕 | ぎょくさい gyokusai | honorable death; death without surrender; honorable defeat |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.