| 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 junior high
JLPT level N2
1271 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 沈着 【チンチャク】 composure, calmness, self-possession, presence of mind, depositing (at the bottom), deposition, accumulation, adherence
- 沈下 【チンカ】 sinking, subsidence
- 浮沈 【フチン】 floating and sinking, rise and fall, ebb and flow, ups and downs
- 撃沈 【ゲキチン】 (attacking and) sinking (a ship), sending (a ship) to the bottom
- 沈香 【ジンコウ】 agarwood, aloeswood, gharuwood, eaglewood, agalloch, agallochum, aquilaria tree, lign aloes
- 沈香も焚かず屁も放らず 【ジンコウモタカズヘモヒラズ】 having few faults as well as few virtues, not burning agarwood (incense); not passing wind
Kun reading compounds
- 沈む 【しずむ】 to sink, to go under, to submerge, to go down (e.g. sun), to set, to descend, to feel depressed, to become subdued, to become somber
- 沈む瀬あれば浮かぶ瀬あり 【しずむせあればうかぶせあり】 life has its ups and downs, he who falls today may rise tomorrow
- 沈める 【しずめる】 to sink (e.g. a ship), to submerge, to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair), to floor (an opponent)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- しん
- Korean:
- chim, sim
Spanish
- hundido
- sumergido
- deprimido
- desanimado
- hundirse
- sumergirse
- deprimirse
- desanimarse
Portuguese
- afundar
- submergir
- abaixar
- deprimir-se
- aloés
French
- couler
- être submergé
- s'enfoncer
- être déprimé
- aloès
| 1601 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1319 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2508 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1097 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 668 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 399 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 936 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 964 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1129 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1166 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 306 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 195 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 231 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1906 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 17189 | Morohashi |
| 261 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3069 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1888 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2033 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1139 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 357 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a4.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-4 | SKIP code |
| 3411.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-36-32 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6c88 | Unicode hex code |