暴

2 readings · tap one to hear it

sudden; violent; cruel; to show or expose; to injure

Sound it out + = · + =

Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

Ideographic compound (会意字)

A man with head 日 and hands 共 tormenting a deer 水

Components 日共水

violent · Heisig RSH #2772

sun + 共 together + snowflake

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
暴力法	bào lì fǎ	violent method; brute force
雷克斯暴龙	léi kè sī bào lóng	Tyrannosaurus rex
太阳风暴	tài yáng fēng bào	solar storm
头脑风暴	tóu nǎo fēng bào	brainstorming
热带风暴	rè dài fēng bào	tropical storm
暴龙科	bào lóng kē	Tyrannosauridae, the dinosaur family containing Tyrannosaurus
非暴力	fēi bào lì	nonviolent
家暴	jiā bào	domestic violence (abbr. for 家庭暴力[jia1 ting2 bao4 li4])
暴动	bào dòng	insurrection; rebellion
暴行	bào xíng	savage act; outrage; atrocity
暴发	bào fā	to break out (of disease etc); to suddenly get rich (or prominent)
暴力	bào lì	violence; force; violent
暴利	bào lì	sudden huge profits
暴风	bào fēng	windstorm; (meteorology) storm (force 11 wind)
风暴	fēng bào	storm; violent commotion; fig. crisis (e.g. revolution, uprising, financial crisis etc)
暴走族	bào zǒu zú	people who go on walks for exercise; (Tw) rebel youth motorcycle group
暴打	bào dǎ	to beat viciously
暴光	bào guāng	exposure
暴风雨	bào fēng yǔ	rainstorm; storm; tempest
暴病	bào bìng	sudden attack of a serious illness

These characters use 暴 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
暴 sound part	bào	violent, brutal, tyrannical
曝	pù	to air out, to expose to sunlight; to reveal