爆

Han character edit

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 edit

• 曝

References edit

• 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

Glyph origin edit

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *proːwɢs, *poːwɢ, *proːwɢ) : semantic 火 + phonetic 暴 (OC *boːwɢs, *boːɡ).

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation 1 edit

Definitions edit

爆

1. to burst; to explode; to crackle (from fire)
2. 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

Compounds edit

Pronunciation 2 edit

Definitions edit

爆

1. Only used in 爆爍／爆烁.

Pronunciation 3 edit

Definitions edit

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.

Kanji edit

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. bomb
2. explode, burst open

Readings edit

• 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 edit

Etymology 1 edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Hanja edit

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

爆

Wikisource

爆 (eumhun 터질 폭 (teojil pok))

1. Hanja form^? of 폭 (“to explode”).

Compounds edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Middle Chinese 爆 (MC paewk|pak).

Hanja edit

爆 (eumhun 지질 박 (jijil bak))

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

References edit

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

Han character edit

爆: Hán Nôm readings: bạo, bạc, bộc

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