Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N2

692 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 15

Meaning: outburst, rave, fret, force, violence, cruelty, outrage

Kunyomi: あば.く あば.れる

Onyomi: ボウ バク

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading:

Meaning: sun, day

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

力(ぼうりょく)   violence, mayhem

君(ぼうくん)   tyrant, despot

風雨(ぼうふうう)   storm

力団(ぼうりょくだん)   organized crime gang

飲(ぼういんぼうしょく)   excessive drinking and eating

な(らんぼうな)   rude, violent, rough, lawless

な(おうぼうな)   violent, oppressive, high-handed

走する(ぼうそうする)   run wildly

行する(ぼうこうする)   rape, attack, behave violently

露する(ばくろする)   disclose, expose

く(あばく)   disclose, divulge, expose

れる(あばれる)   act violently, trage,struggle

Onyomi Examples

ボウ violence, force

ボウキョ violence, reckless action, (an) outrage

無謀 ムボウ reckless, thoughtless, rash, ill-advised, impulsive, mad (e.g. scheme)

キョウボウ ferocious, brutal, atrocious, savage, barbarous

バクロ disclosure, exposure, revelation

露戦術 バクロセンジュツ exposure tactics, muckraking tactics

Kunyomi Examples

あばく to disclose, to divulge, to expose, to open (a grave), to dig out

れる あばれる to act violently, to rage, to struggle, to be riotous