# 暴 — Violence

Frequency rank 819 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 届 (Deliver), less common than 扱 (Handle).

- On’yomi: ぼう、ばく
- Kun’yomi: あば
- Radical: 日 Sun (Kangxi 72)
- Frequency path: Level VII of XX

A sun on top blazes over together in the middle, with water at the bottom — the sun together with water creates explosive violence, a boiling eruption of rage.

In words:

- 暴れる あばれる — to act violently,to rage,to struggle,to be riotous
- 暴力 ぼうりょく — violence
- 暴露 ばくろ — disclosure;exposure;revelation

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