| 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) |
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
| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
231 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 増 【ゾウ】 increase
- 増員 【ゾウイン】 increasing the number of staff, hiring more people
- 激増 【ゲキゾウ】 sharp increase, sudden rise
- 累増 【ルイゾウ】 successive or progressive increases, cumulative increase
Kun reading compounds
- 増す 【ます】 to increase, to grow
- 益々 【ますます】 increasingly, more and more, decreasingly (when declining), less and less
- 増し 【まし】 better, preferable, less objectionable, least-worst, more, increase, extra, increase, growth
- 況して 【まして】 still more, to say nothing of, not to mention, still less
- 増える 【ふえる】 to increase, to multiply
- 増やす 【ふやす】 to increase, to add to, to augment
Readings
- Japanese names:
- まし、 ます
- Korean:
- jeung
Spanish
- incremento
- aumento
- aumentar
- incrementar
- agregar
- añadir
Portuguese
- aumentar
- somar
- ganhar
- promover
French
- augmenter
- ajouter
- accroissement
- gain
- promouvoir
| 665 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 763 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 741 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 298 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1137 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 693 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 441 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2077 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 712 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 725 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 429 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 388 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 836 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 483 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 619 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 514 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 5448P | Morohashi |
| 677 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1088 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 502 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 541 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 365 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 797 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1478 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3b11.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-11 | SKIP code |
| 4816.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-33-93 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5897 | Unicode hex code |