| 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) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
692 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
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
- 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
| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
735 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 爆 【バク】 burst of laughter, roar of laughter, in copious amounts
- 爆音 【バクオン】 (sound of an) explosion or detonation, roar (of a machine)
- 起爆 【キバク】 ignition, detonation, triggering, explosion
- 水爆 【スイバク】 hydrogen bomb
Kun reading compounds
- 爆ぜる 【はぜる】 to burst open, to pop, to split
Readings
- Korean:
- pog, bag
Spanish
- estallar
- reventar
- explotar
Portuguese
- bomba
- explodir
- estouro
- fender
French
- bombe
- faire éclater
- exploser
- craquer
| 1702 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 475 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2818 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 923 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 723 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1015 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1053 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1044 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1273 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1415 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 751 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1020 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1820 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 19540 | Morohashi |
| 1101 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3505 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1802 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1942 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 309 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 1915 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1142 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4d15.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-15 | SKIP code |
| 1-1-18 | SKIP code |
| 9683.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-39-90 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7206 | Unicode hex code |