Depicts two hands (共) laying out rice (米) to dry under the sun (日), representing the meaning "expose to sun", now written as 曝. The meaning later shifted to "expose", "injure", and "violent".
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Historical Evolution
暴
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
暴
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
暴
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
暴
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
暴
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
暴
Regular
Modern
Chinese
暴 [Bào]
surname Bao
暴 [bào]
sudden; violent; cruel; to show or expose; to injure
Japanese
violence; force
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
暴 すえお
Sueo unclassified name
暴 すえしげ
Sueshige unclassified name
暴 すえのぶ
Suenobu unclassified name
暴 すえはる
Sueharu unclassified name
暴 すえみつ
Suemitsu unclassified name
暴 すえむね
Suemune unclassified name
暴 のりしげ
Norishige unclassified name
暴 ぼう
Bou given name
CHINESE WORDS (156)
暴力 [bàolì] #1,817
violence
暴露 [bàolù] #3,065
to expose
风暴 [fēngbào] #4,058
storm
风暴 [fēngbào] #4,058
storm
暴雨 [bàoyǔ] #14,620
torrential rain
暴躁 [bàozào] #7,168
irascible
粗暴 [cūbào] #7,759
rough
暴风雨 [bàofēngyǔ] #7,253
rainstorm
暴风雨 [bàofēngyǔ] #7,253
rainstorm
强暴 [qiángbào] #6,940
violent
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JAPANESE WORDS (132)
⭐ 暴れる [あばれる] #2,144
to act violently
⭐ 乱暴 [らんぼう] #2,421
violence
⭐ 暴走 [ぼうそう] #3,350
acting rashly
⭐ 暴力 [ぼうりょく] #3,911
violence
⭐ 無謀 [むぼう] #5,152
reckless
暴く [あばく] #6,072
to disclose
凶暴 [きょうぼう] #9,027
ferocious
⭐ 暴露 [ばくろ] #10,548
disclosure
⭐ 横暴 [おうぼう] #11,311
violence
暴力的 [ぼうりょくてき] #12,650
violent
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KOREAN WORDS (25)
폭발 #6,842
outburst
폭행 #15,732
violence; assault
폭풍 #16,752
storm
폭력 #17,310
violence
폭주 #34,194
reckless driving; speeding
폭풍우 #35,853
rainstorm
폭로 #43,284
revelation; disclosure
난폭
being violent; being aggressive
성폭력
sexual violence; sexual abuse
자포자기
giving oneself up; desperation; self-abandonment
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