Kanji N2

暴: outburst, rave, fret

暴 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning outburst, rave, fret, written with 15 strokes. It is read ボウ, バク (on) and あばく, あばれる (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 乱暴 (らんぼう, violence) and 暴れる (あばれる, to act violently).

暴

Meanings

  • outburst
  • rave
  • fret
  • force
  • violence
  • cruelty
  • outrage
Strokes15
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#692 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ボウ
  • バク

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • あばく
  • あばれる

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 15. Start at the dot.

Common words with 暴

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 乱暴らんぼう

    violence; assault; rowdiness; wildness

    JLPT N2
  • 暴れるあばれる

    to act violently; to rage; to struggle

    JLPT N2
  • 暴力ぼうりょく

    violence; mayhem

    JLPT N1
  • 暴動ぼうどう

    insurrection; riot; uprising; rebellion; revolt

    JLPT N1
  • 暴風ぼうふう

    storm; windstorm; gale

    JLPT N1
  • 暴露ばくろ

    disclosure; exposure; revelation

    JLPT N1
  • 暴行ぼうこう

    assault; outrage; act of violence

  • 暴力団ぼうりょくだん

    bōryokudan; gangster organization (organisation)

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.