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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: 日 㳟

暴

Radical

Radical: 日

Reading: ひ

Meaning: sun, day

Strokes: 4

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Examples

Examples with audio

暴力(ぼうりょく)   violence, mayhem

暴君(ぼうくん)   tyrant, despot

暴風雨(ぼうふうう)   storm

暴力団(ぼうりょくだん)   organized crime gang

暴食暴飲(ぼういんぼうしょく)   excessive drinking and eating

乱暴な(らんぼうな)   rude, violent, rough, lawless

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

暴走する(ぼうそうする)   run wildly

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

暴露する(ばくろする)   disclose, expose

暴く(あばく)   disclose, divulge, expose

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

Onyomi Examples

暴 (ボウ) violence, force

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

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

凶暴 (キョウボウ) ferocious, brutal, atrocious, savage, barbarous

暴露 (バクロ) disclosure, exposure, revelation

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

Kunyomi Examples

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

暴れる (あばれる) to act violently, to rage, to struggle, to be riotous

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