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)

crackle, pop, burst, explode, bomb

Related characters

曝

References

KangXi: 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

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, OC *proːwɢs, *poːwɢ, *proːwɢ) : semantic 火 + phonetic 暴 (OC *boːwɢs, *boːɡ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bào (bao⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baau³, paau³, bok³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pau
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): po̍k / pho̍k
(Teochew, Peng'im): bao⁶ / pag⁸

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)⁺
  - 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 - variants (uncommon).

Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pau
  - Hakka Romanization System: bau
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bau⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /pau̯⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (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/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bao⁶ / pag⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pău / pha̍k
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pau³⁵/, /pʰak̚⁴/

Note: pag8 - used in 爆竹.

Middle Chinese: /pˠau^H/, /pˠʌk̚/, /pwɑk̚/

Rime
Character	爆	爆	爆
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	幫 (1)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)	江 (10)	唐 (104)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Closed
Division (等)	II	II	I
Fanqie	北敎切	北角切	補各切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠau^H/	/pˠʌk̚/	/pwɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚau^H/	/pᵚɔk̚/	/pʷɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/pau^H/	/pɔk̚/	/puɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/paɨw^H/	/paɨwk̚/	/pwak̚/
Li Rong	/pau^H/	/pɔk̚/	/puɑk̚/
Wang Li	/pau^H/	/pɔk̚/	/puɑk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/pau^H/	/pɔk̚/	/pwɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bào	bo	bo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	baau³	bok³	bok³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤrawk-s/
(Zhengzhang): /*proːwɢs/, /*poːwɢ/, /*proːwɢ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	爆
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bào
Middle Chinese	‹ pæw^H ›
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	爆	爆
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	334	335	337
Phonetic component	暴	暴	暴
Rime group	貌	藥	藥
Rime subdivision	3	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	豹	博	剥
Old Chinese	/*proːwɢs/	/*poːwɢ/	/*proːwɢ/

Definitions

爆

to burst; to explode
(colloquial) full, filled to capacity; to exceed 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.
(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!
to expose; to reveal
爆料 [Cantonese] ― baau³ liu^6-2 [Jyutping] ― to debunk; to expose

Compounds

冷灰爆豆
地下核爆
塞爆音
引爆 (yǐnbào)
放爆竹
栗爆
核爆 (hébào)
火爆 (huǒbào)
爆仗 (bàozhàng)
爆冷 (bàolěng)
爆出 (bàochū)
爆料 (bàoliào)
爆棚 (bàopéng)
爆款 (bàokuǎn)
爆炭
爆炸 (bàozhà)
爆燥

爆燥如雷
爆破 (bàopò)
爆破筒 (bàopòtǒng)
爆竹 (bàozhú)
爆竿
爆笑 (bàoxiào)
爆米花 (bàomǐhuā)
爆肚 (bàodǔ)
爆胎 (bàotāi)
爆裂 (bàoliè)
爆軚
爆震
耗爆
起爆
踢爆
音爆

塵爆／尘爆
大爆滿／大爆满
導爆索／导爆索
核子試爆／核子试爆
氣爆／气爆
氣爆彈／气爆弹
氫爆／氢爆
爆彈／爆弹 (bàodàn)
爆滿／爆满 (bàomǎn)
爆發／爆发 (bàofā)
爆破小組／爆破小组
爆穀／爆谷 (bàogǔ)
爆紅／爆红 (bàohóng, “to go viral (rapid sharing)”)
爆肚兒／爆肚儿 (bàodǔr)
篤爆／笃爆
高爆彈／高爆弹

Japanese

Kanji

爆

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

bomb
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 pˠau^H).

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

Wikisource爆 (eumhun 터질 폭 (teojil pok))

Hanja form^? of 폭 (“to explode”).

Compounds

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

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 爆 (MC pˠʌk̚, pwɑk̚).

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))

(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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