# 爆 — Explode

Frequency rank 1046 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 維 (Maintain), less common than 躍 (Leap).

- On’yomi: ばく
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 火 Fire (Kangxi 86)
- Frequency path: Level VIII of XX

Fire on the left, with a tsunami and sun on the right — fire meets a tsunami under a blazing sun, and the collision causes everything to explode.

In words:

- 爆発 ばくはつ — explosion,detonation,eruption
- 爆破 ばくは — blast;explosion;blow up
- 爆弾 ばくだん — bomb

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