爆
爆 — Bomb
bomb, burst open, pop, split
On’yomiバク (baku)
Kun’yomiはぜる (hazeru)
Stroke order (19 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 爆
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 爆発 | ばくはつ bakuhatsu | explosion; detonation; blast |
| 空爆 | くうばく kuubaku | aerial bombing |
| 原爆 | げんばく genbaku | atomic bomb; A-bomb |
| 爆弾 | ばくだん bakudan | bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey) |
| 爆撃 | ばくげき bakugeki | bombing (raid) |
| 被爆 | ひばく hibaku | being bombed; being subjected to a nuclear bomb attack; being exposed to radiation from a nuclear bomb |
Study notes
爆 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 19 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #735 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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