暴 — kanji meaning “outburst”
暴
outburst, rave, fret, force, violence, cruelty, outrage
- Meanings
- outburst, rave, fret, force, violence, cruelty, outrage
- On'yomi
- ボウ (bou)、バク (baku)
- Kun'yomi
- あば.く、あば.れる
- Strokes
- 15
- School grade
- 5
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #692 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 72
- Chinese reading
- bào, pù — Chinese character page
Words with 暴
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 暴力 | ぼうりょく bouryoku | violence; mayhem |
| 暴動 | ぼうどう boudou | insurrection; riot; uprising |
| 暴露 | ばくろ bakuro | disclosure; exposure; revelation |
| 乱暴 | らんぼう ranbou | violence; assault; rowdiness |
| 暴行 | ぼうこう boukou | assault; outrage; act of violence |
| 暴落 | ぼうらく bouraku | slump; crash; heavy fall |
| 暴走 | ぼうそう bousou | acting rashly; running wildly; behaving recklessly |
| 暴力団 | ぼうりょくだん bouryokudan | bōryokudan; gangster organization (organisation); crime syndicate |
| 暴れる | あばれる abareru | to act violently; to rage; to struggle |
| 暴言 | ぼうげん bougen | abusive language; violent language; wild words |
| 暴風雨 | ぼうふうう boufuuu | rainstorm; storm |
| 暴風 | ぼうふう boufuu | storm; windstorm; gale |
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