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爆

Explode
Stroke count: 19

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JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 8Level 37

Verbs with «爆»

爆発する

Meanings

  1. explode
  2. bombRtK
  3. burst open
  4. pop
  5. split
  1. burst of laughter
  2. roar of laughter
  3. in copious amounts

Popular Usage

原爆

Radicals and components

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How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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fire (火) · outburst · strung together · salad · animal legs (儿) · eight (八) · grains of rice

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1942

Compound words

爆笑ばくしょう
roar of laughter (from multiple people); burst of laughter; uproarious laughter; laughing hard (of a single person)
原爆げんばく
atomic bomb; A-bomb
起爆きばく
ignition; detonation; triggering; explosion
爆撃ばくげき
bombing (raid)
爆弾ばくだん
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
爆竹ばくちく
firecracker
爆破ばくは
destructive blast; blowing up; explosion
爆発ばくはつ
explosion; detonation; blast; blowing up; eruption
爆薬ばくやく
explosive; blasting powder
被爆ひばく
being bombed; being subjected to a nuclear bomb attack; being exposed to radiation from a nuclear bomb
水爆すいばく
hydrogen bomb
空爆くうばく
aerial bombing
爆音ばくおん
(sound of an) explosion or detonation; roar (of a machine)
原水爆げんすいばく
atomic and hydrogen bombs; nuclear and thermonuclear bombs
核爆弾かくばくだん
nuclear bomb
核爆発かくばくはつ
nuclear explosion
起爆装置きばくそうち
detonator
原子爆弾げんしばくだん
atomic bomb
原子爆発げんしばくはつ
atomic explosion
梱包爆薬こんぽうばくやく
satchel charge
絨毯爆撃じゅうたんばくげき
carpet bombing
絨緞爆撃じゅうたんばくげき
carpet bombing
爆発するばくはつする
to explode
パイプ爆弾パイプばくだん
pipe bomb

Additional Examples

彼は怒りを爆発させた。
He exploded with anger.tatoeba
彼は地雷の上を運転して、彼のジープは爆裂した。
He drove over a land mine and his jeep blew up.tatoeba
彼はその爆発にぎょっとした。
He was alarmed by the explosion.tatoeba
彼の不注意で爆発が起きた。
The explosion took place because of his carelessness.tatoeba

Stroke Order

19 strokes

Explode. 火 (fire) + 暴 (violence) — fire bursting out. 爆発 — explosion.

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