■ radical

bào

violent

How it’s built

Origin unclear. Possibly represents two hands (共) laying out rice (米) to dry under the sun (日), representing the meaning "dry out under the sun", now written as 曝.

日

component

sun; day — The purpose of this component is unclear.

共

component

common; share; together — The purpose of this component is unclear.

米

component

rice — The purpose of this component is unclear.

Through the ages

Seal script

Appears in

Characters that use 暴 as a component, most common first.

爆bàocrackle 曝pùto air out

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