暴
暴 — Outburst
outburst, rave, fret, force, violence, cruelty
On’yomiボウ (bou)
On’yomiバク (baku)
Kun’yomiあばく (abaku)
Kun’yomiあばれる (abareru)
Stroke order (15 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 暴
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 暴力団 | ぼうりょくだん bouryokudan | bōryokudan; gangster organization (organisation); crime syndicate |
| 暴力 | ぼうりょく bouryoku | violence; mayhem |
| 暴行 | ぼうこう boukou | assault; outrage; act of violence |
| 暴動 | ぼうどう boudou | insurrection; riot; uprising |
| 暴走 | ぼうそう bousou | acting rashly; running wildly; behaving recklessly |
| 暴落 | ぼうらく bouraku | slump; crash; heavy fall |
Study notes
暴 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 15 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 5), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #692 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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