Entry
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

    outbreak (e.g. of war); outburst; sudden occurrence

    第一次世界大戦は1914年に勃発した。
    World War I broke out in 1914.

Also written ぼっ発【ぼっぱつ】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

suddenness, rise

Kun
おこ.るにわかに
On
ボツホツ
Strokes
9
Taught
Junior high
Radical
power

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Dictionary and index codes (16)
CodeReference
1-7-2SKIP code
2g6.3The Kanji Dictionary
4442.7Four corner code
52c3Unicode hex code
1-43-54JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
724Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
539New Nelson (John Haig)
1839Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1317Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2858Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
930Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
896Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2351Morohashi
2127Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
bo2Pinyin reading
balKorean reading
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

departure, discharge, publish, emit, start from, disclose, counter for gunshots

Kun
た.つあば.くおこ.るつか.わすはな.つ
On
ハツホツ
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N4
Frequency
32 of 2500
Radical
footsteps
WaniKani
Level 9

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Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-5-4SKIP code
0a9.5The Kanji Dictionary
1241.5Four corner code
3557deroo
767aUnicode hex code
1-40-15JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3092Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3860New Nelson (John Haig)
2565New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3174Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1634Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2222Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1705Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1840Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
43A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
953Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
186Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
22662PMorohashi
370A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
96Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
96Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
303sakade
225Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
392henshall3
342Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
102crowley
286Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.7busy_people
1360Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1721Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
fa1Pinyin reading
balKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
9WaniKani level