暴

音読おんよみ: ボウ・バク

訓読くんよみ: あば・あばれる

画数かくすう: 15

部首ぶしゅ: ひらび(日)

Meaning

Violence / Rage / Outburst / Exposure

Conjugation
Tap for 暴く (expose) Tap for 暴れる (rage / act violently)
  • 乱暴らんぼう — violence / recklessness
  • 暴力ぼうりょく — physical violence
  • 暴走ぼうそう — rampage / reckless driving
  • 暴露ばくろ — exposure / revelation
  • 横暴おうぼう — tyranny / abuse of power
  • 乱暴者らんぼうもの — violent person
  • 暴風ぼうふう — storm / violent wind
  • 暴君ぼうくん — tyrant

暴 combines the 日 (sun) radical with 共 (together) and 水 (water, here altered), suggesting intense heat or power bursting out. It originally conveyed ideas of forceful revelation or raw exposure. Over time, its meanings expanded to include wildness, rage, and aggression.

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