The kanji 爆: meaning, readings and stroke order

爆

Meaning: explode
On reading: バク baku
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 19
Radical: 火 fire
Level: Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: nổ (bộc)
Japanese: ばくはつ。はじける。
Korean: 터지다, 폭발하다 (폭)
Chinese: 爆炸

Readings, words and example sentences

バク baku · on reading

爆ばく発はつ
explosion, eruption
火山が 爆ばく発はつした記録が残っています。
There are records of the volcano erupting.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.