Hanja Analyzer
爆

爆 — pok, bak

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
불터질 폭, 지질 박
Romanization
pok, bak
English
crackle, pop, burst, explode
Mandarin
bào
Japanese on'yomi
バク, ホウ, ヒョウ, ハク, ホク, ボク
Japanese kun'yomi
は.ぜる
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#735 of 2,500
Strokes
19
Radical
火 (86, 15 residual)
Phonetic component
暴
Unicode
U+7206

Parts that make up 爆

  • 火 불 화 타오르는 불꽃불·열·빛, 태우고 익히는 일. 아래에서 灬 로 쓴다
  • 暴 사나울 폭, 모질 포sound 해에 내어 말리는 모양사납다. ‘폭·포’ 계열의 소리

How 爆 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 爆 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 火, 暴.

Korean example words with 爆

  • 폭연爆煙 Korean gloss: 폭발할 때에 나는 연기
  • 공폭空爆 Korean gloss: ‘공중 폭격’을 줄여 이르는 말
  • 원폭原爆 Korean gloss: ‘원자 폭탄’을 줄여 이르는 말
  • 자폭自爆 Korean gloss: 자기가 지닌 폭발물을 스스로 터뜨림
  • 폭살爆殺 Korean gloss: 폭탄이나 폭약 따위를 터뜨려서 죽임
  • 폭음爆音 Korean gloss: 비행기, 오토바이 따위의 엔진 소리
  • 폭성爆聲 Korean gloss: 불이 일어나며 갑작스럽게 터지는 소리
  • 폭풍爆風 Korean gloss: 폭발물이 터질 때에 일어나는 센 바람
  • 오폭誤爆 Korean gloss: 폭탄을 정하여진 대상이나 위치가 아닌 곳에 폭격함
  • 기폭起爆 Korean gloss: 화약이 압력이나 열 따위를 받아서 폭발을 일으키는 현상
  • 폭약爆藥 Korean gloss: 센 압력이나 열을 받으면 폭발하는 물질. 티엔티 따위가 있다
  • 폭격爆擊 Korean gloss: 비행기에서 폭탄을 떨어뜨려 적의 군대나 시설물, 또는 국토를 파괴하는 일

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 爆

  • 爆発ばくはつ explosion; detonation; blast
  • 空爆くうばく aerial bombing
  • 原爆げんばく atomic bomb; A-bomb
  • 爆弾ばくだん bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
  • 爆撃ばくげき bombing (raid)
  • 被爆ひばく being bombed; being subjected to a nuclear bomb attack; being exposed to radiation from a nuclear bomb
  • 爆破ばくは destructive blast; blowing up; explosion
  • 起爆きばく ignition; detonation; triggering
  • 原水爆げんすいばく atomic and hydrogen bombs; nuclear and thermonuclear bombs
  • 水爆すいばく hydrogen bomb
  • 爆竹ばくちく firecracker
  • 爆笑ばくしょう roar of laughter (from multiple people); burst of laughter; uproarious laughter

Characters sharing the phonetic 暴

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “폭”

Other hanja with radical 火

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