暴 Kanji – outburst
The Japanese kanji 暴 can mean outburst, rave, fret, force, violence, cruelty, outrage.
Meaning and Readings
How is 暴 read?
暴 has the onyomi readings ボウ, バク and the kunyomi readings あばく, あばれる.
In romaji, these readings can be written as bou, baku, abaku, abareru.
Common Japanese Words Using 暴
These common Japanese words contain 暴. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 横暴（おうぼう） — violence, oppression, high-handedness, tyranny, despotism
- 粗暴（そぼう） — rough (behaviour, temperament, etc.), wild, rude, violent
- 暴れる（あばれる） — to act violently, to rage, to struggle, to be riotous
- 暴虐（ぼうぎゃく） — tyranny, atrocity
- 暴挙（ぼうきょ） — violence, reckless action, (an) outrage
- 暴行（ぼうこう） — assault, outrage, act of violence
- 暴走（ぼうそう） — acting rashly, running wildly, behaving recklessly, rampaging
- 暴徒（ぼうと） — insurgent, rioter, mob
- 暴騰（ぼうとう） — sudden rise, sharp rise, boom, skyrocketing
- 暴動（ぼうどう） — insurrection, riot, uprising, rebellion, revolt