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violent

HSK 6 N2
bào
ボウ、バク
あば.く、あば.れる
폭, 포
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".
Components
day+ together+ rice =
violent
Iconic component
day
sun
Iconic component
gòng together
together with, all, total
Depicts two hands.
Iconic component
rice
hulled or husked uncooked rice
Notes
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
[Bào]
surname Bao
[bào]
sudden; violent; cruel; to show or expose; to injure
Japanese
ぼう 同音
nounadj-na violence; force
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
すえお
Sueo unclassified name
すえしげ
Sueshige unclassified name
すえのぶ
Suenobu unclassified name
すえはる
Sueharu unclassified name
すえみつ
Suemitsu unclassified name
すえむね
Suemune unclassified name
のりしげ
Norishige unclassified name
ぼう
Bou given name