Depicts the sound made by many vehicles (車). The meaning later shifted to "rumble".
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墼 庫 warehouse (trad/jp)斬 hew (trad/jp)軋 flatten (trad)軌 rails (trad/jp)軍 army (trad/jp)軒 veranda (trad/jp)軔 Block A Block That (trad)軛 collar (trad)軟 soft (trad/jp)軫 cross board at (trad)軲 Wheel A Wheel (trad)軸 axle (trad/jp)軻 personal (trad)軼 rush (trad)軾 horizontal (trad)輂 horse carriage較 relatively (trad/jp)載 laden (trad/jp)輊 low (trad)
Historical Evolution
轟
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
轟
Regular
Modern
Chinese
轰 / 轟 [hōng]
explosion; bang; boom; rumble; to attack; to shoo away; to expel
Japanese
roaring
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
轟 くるま
Kuruma surname
轟 ごう
Gou surname
轟 とどろ
Todoro place name
轟 とどろき
Todoroki surname
轟 とどろく
Todoroku place name
轟 どどろき
Dodoroki surname
轟 どめき
Domeki place name
CHINESE WORDS (26)
轰炸 [hōngzhà] #8,619
to bomb
轰动 [hōngdòng] #8,303
to cause a sensation
轰炸机 [hōngzhàjī] #13,759
bomber (aircraft)
轰轰烈烈 [hōnghōnglièliè] #23,694
strong
轰鸣 [hōngmíng] #30,161
boom (sound of explosion)
炮轰 [pàohōng] #24,553
to bombard
轰然 [hōngrán] #49,823
loudly
轰轰 [hōnghōng] #26,739
booming
轰击 [hōngjī] #40,858
bombard
轰隆 [hōnglōng] #34,222
(onom.) rumbling
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JAPANESE WORDS (13)
轟音 [ごうおん] #8,372
thunderous roar
轟く [とどろく] #9,319
to roar
囂々 [ごうごう] #30,612
loud (criticism, protest, etc.)
名を轟かせる [なをとどろかせる] #45,823
to make one's name well known
轟然 [ごうぜん] #52,442
roaring
轟沈 [ごうちん] #56,237
sinking instantly (of a ship due to a torpedo attack, bombing, etc.)
轟かす [とどろかす] #60,653
to make (a thundering sound)
爆轟 [ばくごう] #98,848
detonation
非難轟々 [ひなんごうごう] #99,388
loud criticism
轟き [とどろき]
roar
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KOREAN WORDS (1)