暴

暴 U+66B4, 暴 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-66B4 ← 暳 [U+66B3] CJK Unified Ideographs 暵 → [U+66B5]

暴 U+FA06, 暴 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA06 ← 洞 [U+FA05] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 輻 → [U+FA07]

暴 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 日廿金水 (ATCE), four-corner 6013₂, composition ⿱日㳟)

• 儤, 嚗, 𢖔, 懪, 㩧, 瀑, 曝, 𦢊, 𣞺, 爆, 犦, 𭻶, 䂍, 𥗋, 𮂡, 𦆿, 𧔙, 襮, 𧭤, 𧲐, 𨇅, 䤖, 鑤, 𢑾, 鸔, 𣋰, 𣀛, 𣀠, 㿺, 𩁠, 𩙕, 𪇰, 𮆭, 𩯱

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 499, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14137
• Dae Jaweon: page 868, character 35
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1532, character 15
• Unihan data for U+66B4

• Unihan data for U+FA06

Its original form is 𫻺 and can be seen on oracle bone script; ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 虎 (“tiger”) + 戈 (“weapon”) – violence. The character also means "to expose to the sun", but its most archaic form does not convey this particular meaning.

However, by the time of bamboo slip script, usage of 𫻺 had been replaced entirely by phonetically borrowing 㬥. This new character originates from the proto-form 𮲡, an ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 日 (“sun”) + 共 (“hands lifting an object”); in this precise case, the hands are lifting a plant graphically similar to 丰 or 出. 米 (“rice”) was later added to emphasize the meaning of drying things out in the sun since rice and similar plants can be dried out in the sun. Eventually, the bottom component was stylized as the unrelated 水 and the whole character was stylized into 暴: the plant is no more visible in the new version.

The meaning "to expose to the sun" is preserved in 𣌑 > 曝.

simp. and trad.		暴
2nd round simp.		𣅃
alternative forms		㫧 㬥 㬧 曓 𣉱 㫧 㬥 㬧 曓 𣉱 𣊴 𣊻 曝 虣 𣋏 𣋳 𣋴

暴

1. sudden (especially when unexpected; almost always of bad things or with a bad connotation)

   暴漲／暴涨  ―  bàozhàng  ―  rise suddenly or steeply (of water level, price, etc.)

   暴富  ―  bàofù  ―  strike it rich (usually derogatory)

   暴利  ―  bàolì  ―  windfall profit

   暴卒  ―  bàozú  ―  (literary) die suddenly

2. used in compounds referring to storms or other violent weather events; storm

   暴風／暴风  ―  bàofēng  ―  storm, windstorm

   暴風雨／暴风雨  ―  bàofēngyǔ  ―  rainstorm

   暴風雪／暴风雪  ―  bàofēngxuě  ―  blizzard

   暴雨  ―  bàoyǔ  ―  cloudburst

   磁暴  ―  cíbào  ―  magnetic storm

   沙暴  ―  shābào  ―  sandstorm

   塵暴／尘暴  ―  chénbào  ―  dust storm

   暴土  ―  bàotǔ  ―  'storm earth', i.e. dust storm

   暴洪  ―  bàohóng  ―  flash flood

   暴雷  ―  bàoléi  ―  thunderclap

   雷暴  ―  léibào  ―  thunderstorm

   風暴／风暴  ―  fēngbào  ―  tempest, windstorm

3. senses relating to brutishness and brutality
   1. quick-tempered; hot-tempered; rash

      暴怒  ―  bàonù  ―  explode into anger

      暴躁  ―  bàozào  ―  irritable; irascible; bad-tempered

   2. (literary) to abuse; to oppress; to treat cruelly

      • 陽虎嘗暴匡人。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
        阳虎尝暴匡人。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

        From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

        Yáng Hǔ cháng bào Kuāng rén. [Pinyin]

        Yang Hu once abused the people of Kuang.

   3. violent, cruel, brutal; savage, fierce

      暴力  ―  bàolì  ―  brutality, violence

      暴行  ―  bàoxíng  ―  act of violence

      強暴／强暴  ―  qiángbào  ―  rape, force oneself upon

      粗暴  ―  cūbào  ―  boorish, rough, rude

   4. oppressive, tyrannical; tyranny

      暴政  ―  bàozhèng  ―  tyranny, tyrannical government

      暴君  ―  bàojūn  ―  despot

      暴斂／暴敛  ―  bàoliǎn  ―  overtax, tax extorsively

      抗暴  ―  kàngbào  ―  stand up to tyranny

      淩暴／凌暴  ―  língbào  ―  oppress

      警暴  ―  jǐngbào  ―  police brutality

   5. used in compounds referring to rioting

      暴動／暴动  ―  bàodòng  ―  riot, rebel

      暴民  ―  bàomín  ―  mob

      鎮暴／镇暴  ―  zhènbào  ―  suppress a riot

4. to spoil, waste, squander; to damage

   自暴自棄／自暴自弃  ―  zìbàozìqì  ―  to abandon oneself to despair

simp. and trad.		暴
2nd round simp.		𣅃

暴

1. alternative form of 曝 (“to sun; to air in the sun”)

   • 雖有天下易生之物也，一日暴之、十日寒之，未有能生者也。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     虽有天下易生之物也，一日暴之、十日寒之，未有能生者也。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Suī yǒu tiānxià yì shēng zhī wù yě, yīrì pù zhī, shí rì hán zhī, wèiyǒu néng shēng zhě yě. [Pinyin]

     Suppose the case of the most easily growing thing in the world; if you expose it for one day to the sun, and then expose it for ten days to cold, it will not be able to grow.

暴

1. to show; to expose

simp. and trad.		暴
2nd round simp.		𣅃

暴

1. to stick out; to bulge

暴

1. used in 暴樂／暴乐 (bóluò)

simp. and trad.		暴
2nd round simp.		𣅃
alternative forms		發／发

暴

1. (Hokkien) to sprout; to send forth (leaves, buds, beard, bubbles, etc.)

暴

1. (Hokkien) to emerge; to pop up; to spring forth

• “暴”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. violent; brutal; fierce

• Go-on: ぼう (bō, Jōyō)^{←ぼう (bou, historical)}、ぼく (boku)
• Kan-on: ほう (hō)^{←ほう (fou, historical)}、ほく (hoku)
• Kan’yō-on: ばく (baku, Jōyō ^†)
• Kun: あばく (abaku, 暴く, Jōyō)、あばれる (abareru, 暴れる, Jōyō)

Kanji in this term
暴
ぼう Grade: 5
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 暴 (MC bawH, “violent”).

• (Tokyo) ぼー [bóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [bo̞ː]

暴(ぼう) • (bō) -na (adnominal 暴(ぼう)な (bō na), adverbial 暴(ぼう)に (bō ni))

1. violent

暴(ぼう) • (bō) 

1. violentness

From Middle Chinese 暴 (MC buwk, “to expose to the sun”).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pʰo̞k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [폭]

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暴 (eumhun 나타날 폭 (natanal pok))
暴 (eumhun 드러날 폭 (deureonal pok))

1. (only in compounds) hanja form^? of 폭 (“to show; to appear; to manifest”)

From a corrupted or unorthodox reading influenced by Middle Chinese 暴 (MC buwk). The original reading is 포 (po) based on Middle Chinese 暴 (MC bawH, “violent”).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pʰo̞k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [폭]

暴 (eumhun 사나울 폭 (sanaul pok))

1. (only in compounds) hanja form^? of 폭 (“fierce; violent; brutal”)

From Middle Chinese 暴 (MC bawH, “violent”).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pʰo̞(ː)]
• Phonetic hangul: [포(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

暴 (eumhun 사나울 포 (sanaul po))

1. hanja form^? of 포 (“fierce; violent; brutal”)

From Middle Chinese 暴.

暴 (eumhun 앙상할 박 (angsanghal bak))

1. (literary Chinese) hanja form^? of 박 (“sparse; bare; thin; skinny”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

暴: Hán Việt readings: bạo (薄(bạc)報(báo)切(thiết))^{[1][2][3][4][5]}, bộc (步(bộ)木(mộc)切(thiết))^[3][5]
暴: Nôm readings: bạo^{[1][2][3][4][6]}, bão^[1][2][7], bộc^[7][5], bậu^[1], bẹo^[3]

1. chữ Hán form of bạo (“ferocious; cruel; violent”)