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爆 = 暴 + 火

爆 is a Japanese kanji written with 19 strokes, listed here under the keyword “bomb”. It is built from 暴 (outburst) and 火 (fire). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1942.

Keyword
bomb
RTK frame
1942
Strokes
19
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
バク
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
は.ぜる
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
бомба
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
爆 crackle

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 暴 outburst
  2. 火 fire

How to find 爆 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “outburst” + “fire”. 爆 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 爆 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.