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爆

Level VIII of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 1046 / 2,608

Explode

On’yomi
ばく
Kun’yomi
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Radical
火 Fire (Kangxi 86)

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

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

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,eruptionN3
爆破 ばくは blast;explosion;blow upN1
爆弾 ばくだん bombN1

爆 is rank 1046 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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