暴

JŌYŌ KANJI · Grade 5

outburst

outburst · rave · fret · force

15 strokesRadical 72U+66B4
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Readings

Official Jōyō readings in table order

On’yomi 音読み

ボウバク

Kun’yomi 訓読み

あばくあばれる
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Origin and meaning

Verified against the direct KanjiPedia naritachi entry.

Earlier sense recorded in the sourcea person walking in the wrong direction, hence violent and sudden
Meanings in the learning dataset todayoutburst · rave · fret · force

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Written form

No parenthesized form is given in the official Jōyō index for this character.

Dictionary radical日ひ · sun / day
Stroke count15May vary for alternate forms.
UnicodeU+66B4Modern character encoding, not an origin date.

Compare manuscript and printed examples in the HNG historical glyph archive ↗. Where available, its dated samples document written forms; they do not establish the first use of this character in Japan.

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Examples in the official table

  • 暴言,横暴,乱暴
  • 暴露
  • 暴く,暴き出す
  • 暴れる,大暴れ
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When did it enter Japanese?

Chinese characters reached Japan through a long process of contact. Early inscribed objects and sixth-century Japanese names are documented; this is context for the writing system, not a first date for 暴.

暴 appears in the current Jōyō kanji table published on 30 November 2010. This records modern standard status, not the date the character was first used in Japan.

A dated first Japanese use for 暴 has not been verified in the sources attached to this entry.

Agency for Cultural Affairs: writing history ↗ · 2010 Jōyō notice ↗

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