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

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

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).

Etymology

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

Pronunciation 1

Note: paau3 - variant (uncommon).
Note: pag8 - used in 爆竹.
  • Wu
    • (Shanghai)
      • Wugniu: 6bau
      • MiniDict: bau去
      • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 3bau
      • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bɔ²³/
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/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /pauH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 bào
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 baau3
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. 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 fong4-2 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 liu6-2 [Jyutping]  ―  to debunk; to expose
  6. (Cantonese) shocking; startling

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

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/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /pɔk̚/ /pwɑk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 bo bo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 bok3 bok3
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

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.

Japanese

Kanji
爆

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. bomb
  2. explode, burst open

Readings

Compounds
Compounds

Korean

Etymology 1

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

Historical readings

Pronunciation

Hanja

Wikisource 爆 (eumhun 터질 폭 (teojil pok))

  1. Hanja form? of 폭 (“to explode”).

Compounds
Compounds

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 爆 (MC paewk|pak).

Historical readings

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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