爆

爆 U+7206, 爆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7206 ← 爅 [U+7205] CJK Unified Ideographs 爇 → [U+7207]

Translingual

Han character

爆 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+15, 19 strokes, cangjie input 火日廿水 (FATE), four-corner 9683₂, composition ⿰火暴)

1. crackle, pop, burst, explode, bomb

Related characters

• 曝

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 686, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19540
• Dae Jaweon: page 1099, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2245, character 11
• Unihan data for U+7206

Chinese

trad.		爆
simp. #		爆
2nd round simp.		𤆊
alternative forms		𤒺

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 爆
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (暴) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
暴	*boːwɢs, *boːɡ
曝	*boːwɢs, *boːɡ
瀑	*boːwɢs, *boːɡ
虣	*boːwɢs
爆	*proːwɢs, *poːwɢ, *proːwɢ
襮	*poːwɢ, *poːwɢ
嚗	*proːwɢ
謈	*pʰroːwɢ, *broːwɢ
犦	*broːwɢ, *poːwɢ
懪	*broːwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *proːwɢs, *poːwɢ, *proːwɢ): semantic 火 + phonetic 暴 (OC *boːwɢs, *boːɡ). However, the phonetic component originally meant "violence", hence it could add part of the meaning. A conservative variant is 𤒺; later it was stylized into 爆.

Etymology

Cognate with Burmese ပေါက် (pauk, “to explode, to burst”).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bào (bao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baau³ / paau³ / bok³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): pau / phau

  (Hailu, HRS): bau^ˇ / pau^ˇ

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bor⁵ / bao⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): po̍k / pho̍k / pàu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bao⁶ / pag⁸

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶bau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bào
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bào
    • Wade–Giles: pao⁴
    • Yale: bàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baw
    • Palladius: бао (bao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: baau³ / paau³ / bok³
    • Yale: baau / paau / bok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baau³ / paau³ / bok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: bao³ / pao³ / bog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːu̯³³/, /pʰaːu̯³³/, /pɔːk̚³/

Note: paau3, bok3 - variant (uncommon).

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pau / phau
    • Hakka Romanization System: bau / pau
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bau⁴ / pau⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /pau̯⁵⁵/, /pʰau̯⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: bau^ˇ / pau^ˇ
    • Sinological IPA: /pau¹¹/, /pʰau¹¹/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Jiangkou, Nanri)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: bor⁵
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: bō̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɒ¹¹/
  • (Xianyou, Youyang, Fengting)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: bor⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɒ²¹/
  • (Fengting, Jiangkou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: bao⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pau⁴²/

Note:

• bor5 - literary (e.g. 爆炸);
• bao4 - vernacular (e.g. 齒爆).

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: po̍k
    • Tâi-lô: po̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pok
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔk̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pho̍k
    • Tâi-lô: pho̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phok
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pʰɔk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pàu
    • Tâi-lô: pàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: paux
    • IPA (Penang): /pau²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bao⁶ / pag⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pău / pha̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pau³⁵/, /pʰak̚⁴/
Note: pag8 - used in 爆竹.
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶bau
    • MiniDict: bau^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³bau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bɔ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: paewH

Rime
Character	爆
Reading #	1/3
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	北敎切
Baxter	paewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠauH/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚauH/
Shao Rongfen	/pauH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/paɨwH/
Li Rong	/pauH/
Wang Li	/pauH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pauH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	baau3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤrawk-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*proːwɢs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	爆
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bào
Middle Chinese	‹ pæwH ›
Old Chinese	/*pˁrawk-s/
English	explode (not pre-Qín)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	爆
Reading #	1/3
No.	334
Phonetic component	暴
Rime group	貌
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	豹
Old Chinese	/*proːwɢs/

Definitions

爆

1. to burst; to explode; to crackle (from fire)
2. (cooking)to quick fry; to quick boil
3. (colloquial) full; filled to capacity; exceeding the limit

   已經爆咗預算。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   已经爆咗预算。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ji⁵ ging¹ baau³ zo² jyu⁶ syun³. [Jyutping]

   The budget has been used fully.

   間房爆棚。／间房爆棚。 [Cantonese]  ―  gaan¹ fong^4-2 baau³ paang⁴. [Jyutping]  ―  The room is full.

4. (Cantonese, colloquial) extremely; intensively; explosively

   我而家忙到爆！ [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   ngo⁵ ji⁴ gaa¹ mong⁴ dou³ baau³ ! [Jyutping]

   I'm extremely busy now!

5. to expose; to reveal

   爆料 [Cantonese]  ―  baau³ liu^6-2 [Jyutping]  ―  to debunk; to expose

6. (Cantonese) shocking; startling
7. (Internet slang) Used in live streams to indicate that the current topic is controversial or shocking, and may cause the stream to be taken down.

Compounds

• 冷灰爆豆
• 地下核爆
• 塞爆音
• 塵爆 / 尘爆
• 大爆滿 / 大爆满
• 導爆索 / 导爆索
• 引爆 (yǐnbào)
• 放爆竹
• 核子試爆 / 核子试爆
• 核爆 (hébào)
• 栗爆
• 氣爆 / 气爆
• 氣爆彈 / 气爆弹
• 氫爆 / 氢爆
• 火爆 (huǒbào)
• 爆仗 (bàozhàng)
• 爆冷 (bàolěng)
• 爆出 (bàochū)
• 爆彈 / 爆弹 (bàodàn)
• 爆料 (bàoliào)
• 爆棚 (bàopéng)
• 爆款 (bàokuǎn)
• 爆滿 / 爆满 (bàomǎn)
• 爆炭
• 爆炸 (bàozhà)
• 爆燥
• 爆燥如雷
• 爆發 / 爆发 (bàofā)
• 爆破 (bàopò)
• 爆破小組 / 爆破小组
• 爆破筒 (bàopòtǒng)
• 爆穀 / 爆谷 (bàogǔ)
• 爆竹 (bàozhú)
• 爆竿
• 爆笑 (bàoxiào)
• 爆米花 (bàomǐhuā)
• 爆紅 / 爆红 (bàohóng, “to go viral (rapid sharing)”)
• 爆肝 (bàogān)
• 爆肚 (bàodǔ)
• 爆肚兒 / 爆肚儿 (bàodǔr)
• 爆胎 (bàotāi)
• 爆裂 (bàoliè)
• 爆軚 / 爆𮷗 (bàotāi)
• 爆震
• 篤爆 / 笃爆
• 耗爆
• 起爆
• 踢爆 (tībào)
• 音爆 (yīnbào)
• 高爆彈 / 高爆弹

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bó (bo²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bok³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bó
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bó
    • Wade–Giles: po²
    • Yale: bwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bor
    • Palladius: бо (bo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bok³
    • Yale: bok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: bog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔːk̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: paewk, pak

Rime
Character	爆	爆
Reading #	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	覺 (10)	鐸 (104)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	II	I
Fanqie	北角切	補各切
Baxter	paewk	pak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠʌk̚/	/pwɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚɔk̚/	/pʷɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/pɔk̚/	/puɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/paɨwk̚/	/pwak̚/
Li Rong	/pɔk̚/	/puɑk̚/
Wang Li	/pɔk̚/	/puɑk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pɔk̚/	/pwɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bo	bo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bok3	bok3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*poːwɢ/, /*proːwɢ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	爆	爆
Reading #	2/3	3/3
No.	335	337
Phonetic component	暴	暴
Rime group	藥	藥
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	博	剥
Old Chinese	/*poːwɢ/	/*proːwɢ/

Definitions

爆

1. only used in 爆爍／爆烁

Pronunciation 3

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pok

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pok
    • Tâi-lô: pok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pog
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pɔk̚³²/

Definitions

爆

1. (Hokkien) to heat up and have it release oil or have it burst while dry frying (of some fruits, etc.)
2. (Hokkien) to rupture and sprout due to burns, bumps, etc.

References

• “爆”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “爆”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 177.

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 爆

爆

(Jōyō kanji)

1. bomb
2. explode, burst open

Readings

• Go-on: ひょう (hyō)^{←へう (feu, historical)}、ほく (hoku)
• Kan-on: はく (haku)、ほう (hō)^{←はう (fau, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: ばく (baku, Jōyō)
• Kun: はず (hazu, 爆ず)、はぜる (hazeru, 爆ぜる)

Compounds

• 爆発(ばくはつ) (bakuhatsu): explosion
• 爆(ばく)発(はつ)的(てき) (bakuhatsuteki): explosive
• 爆薬(ばくやく) (bakuyaku): gunpowder
• 空爆(くうばく) (kūbaku): air raid
• 爆弾(ばくだん) (bakudan): a bomb
• 水爆(すいばく) (suibaku): hydrogen bomb
• 原爆(げんばく) (genbaku): atomic bomb, nuclear bomb
• 原(げん)水(すい)爆(ばく) (gensuibaku): atomic and hydrogen bombs, nuclear weapons in general
• 被(ひ)爆(ばく) (hibaku): being bombed
• 爆殺(ばくさつ) (bakusatsu): killing by bombing
• 爆死(ばくし) (bakushi): death by explosion
• 爆乳(ばくにゅう) (bakunyū): extremely large breasts
• 爆走(ばくそう) (bakusō): explosively loud and fast driving (of a car or motorbike)
• 自(じ)爆(ばく) (jibaku): suicide bombing; deliberately crashing or exploding one's vehicle

Korean

Etymology 1

From a corrupted or unorthodox reading. The original reading is 포 (po) based on Middle Chinese 爆 (MC paewH).

Historical readings

• Recorded as Middle Korean 보ᇢ〮 (Yale: pwów) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.

Pronunciation

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

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

爆

爆 (eumhun 터질 폭 (teojil pok))

1. hanja form^? of 폭 (“to explode”)

Compounds

• 수소폭탄 (水素爆彈, susopoktan)
• 시한폭탄 (時限爆彈, sihanpoktan)
• 원자폭탄 (原子爆彈, wonjapoktan)
• 자폭 (自爆, japok)
• 폭격 (爆擊, pokgyeok)
• 폭발 (爆發, pokbal)
• 폭사 (爆死, poksa)
• 폭살 (爆殺, poksal)
• 폭소 (爆笑, pokso)
• 폭음 (爆音, pogeum)
• 폭죽 (爆竹, pokjuk)
• 폭탄 (爆彈, poktan)
• 폭파 (爆破, pokpa)
• 폭풍 (爆風, pokpung)
• 피폭 (被爆, pipok)

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 爆 (MC paewk|pak).

Historical readings

• Recorded as Middle Korean 박〮 (Yale: pák) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.

Hanja

爆 (eumhun 지질 박 (jijil bak))

1. (literary) hanja form^? of 박 (“to sear; scorch”)

References

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

Vietnamese

Han character

爆: Hán Nôm readings: bạo, bạc, bộc

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