Jisho

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15 strokes
Radical:
sun, day
Parts:
outburst, rave, fret, force, violence, cruelty, outrage
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
692 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 暴 【ボウ】 violence, force
  • 暴挙 【ボウキョ】 violence, reckless action, (an) outrage
  • 無謀 【ムボウ】 reckless, thoughtless, rash, ill-advised, impulsive, mad (e.g. scheme)
  • 凶暴 【キョウボウ】 ferocious, brutal, atrocious, savage, barbarous
  • 暴露 【バクロ】 disclosure, exposure, revelation
  • 暴露戦術 【バクロセンジュツ】 exposure tactics, muckraking tactics

Kun reading compounds

  • 暴く 【あばく】 to disclose, to divulge, to expose, to open (a grave), to dig out
  • 暴れる 【あばれる】 to act violently, to rage, to struggle, to be riotous

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bao4, pu4
Korean:
pog, po

Spanish

  • violento
  • salvaje
  • exponer
  • divulgar
  • alborotar
  • encolerizarse
  • revelar

Portuguese

  • explosão
  • enfurecer
  • preocupação
  • força
  • violência
  • crueldade
  • escandalo

French

  • explosion
  • rage
  • agitation
  • force
  • violence
  • cruauté
  • outrage
  • dévoiler
871 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
814 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
793 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
821 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2157 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
833 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
607 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1014 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1052 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1043 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
982 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3138 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1609 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2194 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1819 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14137 Morohashi
2515 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2511 New Nelson (John Haig)
1801 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1941 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
812 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3842 2001 Kanji
4c11.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-11 SKIP code
2-8-7 SKIP code
6013.2 Four corner code
1-43-29 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
66b4 Unicode hex code

9 strokes (also 10)
Radical:
tiger stripes
Parts:
tyrannize, oppress
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1464 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 虐待 【ギャクタイ】 abuse, ill-treatment, maltreatment, mistreatment, cruelty
  • 虐殺 【ギャクサツ】 slaughter, massacre
  • 自虐 【ジギャク】 self-torture, masochism, inflicting damage to oneself
  • 陵虐 【リョウギャク】 humiliation, indignity, affront, assault

Kun reading compounds

  • 虐げる 【しいたげる】 to oppress, to persecute, to tyrannize

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
nu:e4
Korean:
hag

Spanish

  • tiranizar
  • oprimir

Portuguese

  • tiranizar
  • oprimir

French

  • tyranniser
  • opprimer
1147 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1806 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4106 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1248 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1711 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1574 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1680 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1740 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1600 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3989 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2049 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2769 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2017 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
32678P Morohashi
3218 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5267 New Nelson (John Haig)
1998 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2153 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1293 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1275 2001 Kanji
2m7.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-4-5 SKIP code
3-4-6 SKIP code
3-6-3 SKIP code
2121.1 Four corner code
1-21-52 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8650 Unicode hex code

12 strokes (also 13)
Radical:
tree
Parts:
poles, settlement, conclusion, end, highest rank, electric poles, very, extremely, most, highly, 10**48
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
460 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 極 【キョク】 pole, climax, extreme, extremity, culmination, height, zenith, nadir
  • 極右 【キョクウ】 far right (in politics), extreme right, ultraconservative
  • 消極 【ショウキョク】 passive, negative, conservative, depolarization
  • 対極 【タイキョク】 antipodes, other (opposite) extreme, opposite, antithesis
  • 極 【ゴク】 quite, very, 10^48, quindecillion
  • 極秘 【ゴクヒ】 absolute secrecy
  • 極々 【ゴクゴク】 extremely, highly
  • 失礼至極 【シツレイシゴク】 extremely rude, impertinent, impolite

Kun reading compounds

  • 極める 【きわめる】 to carry to extremes, to go to the end of something, to reach the limits of something, to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc), to be extremely (e.g. busy), to exhaust completely, to have nothing left (e.g. to say)
  • 極まる 【きわまる】 to reach an extreme, to reach a limit, to terminate, to come to an end, extremely, to be stuck, to be in a dilemma, to be at a loss, to be decided, to be settled
  • 極まり 【きわまり】 extremity, end, bound, limit
  • 極まりない 【きわまりない】 extremely, in the extreme, knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness), unparalleled, boundless (e.g. universe, ocean), limitless
  • 極み 【きわみ】 height, acme, extremity, peak, end, limit
  • 決める 【きめる】 to decide, to choose, to determine, to make up one's mind, to resolve, to set one's heart on, to settle, to arrange, to set, to appoint, to fix, to clinch (a victory), to decide (the outcome of a match), to persist in doing, to go through with, to always do, to have made a habit of, to take for granted, to assume, to dress up, to dress to kill, to dress to the nines, to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.), to succeed in doing, to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.), to eat or drink something, to take illegal drugs
  • 決まる 【きまる】 to be decided, to be settled, to be fixed, to be arranged, to be unchanging, to be the same (as always), to be fixed, to be set, to be a fixed rule, to be destined, to be a convention, to be a custom, to be common knowledge, to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.), to go well, to succeed, to connect (of a punch), to look good (of clothing), to look sharp, to be stylish, to suit one, to be held in place (of a hairdo), to be struck and held (of a pose in kabuki)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji2
Korean:
geug

Spanish

  • polo terrestre o magnético
  • muy
  • sumamente
  • extremadamente
  • alcanzar un extremo

Portuguese

  • postes
  • acordo
  • conclusão
  • fim
  • a mais alta posição
  • postes elétricos
  • muitos
  • extremamente
  • maior
  • altamente
  • 10 elevado a48

French

  • extrêmes
  • pôles (N et S)
  • décision
  • conclusion
  • fin
  • plus haut rang
  • pôles électriques
  • très
  • extrêmement
  • le plus
  • hautement
  • 10**48
382 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
488 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
464 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
652 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2305 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
597 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
639 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1896 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
336 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
336 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
679 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1100 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1243 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
695 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
900 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1922 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
15181 Morohashi
1017 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2753 New Nelson (John Haig)
1903 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2052 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
311 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
584 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1872 2001 Kanji
4a8.11 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-8 SKIP code
4191.4 Four corner code
1-22-43 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6975 Unicode hex code