曝

pù · bào

to air · to sun

Radical: 日 Strokes: 19

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Level 2 character

Same radical

日明时星景易春暴旧显是智

Same radical

日明时星景易春暴旧显是智普暗昏

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Character Decomposition

曝=日+暴

Etymology

sun

Meanings2 pronunciations

pù

to air

to sun

bào

used in 曝光 bào guāng

Taiwan pr. pù

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Words with 曝 31 total

to expose (photography) · (fig.) to expose (a scandal) · (advertising) exposure · Taiwan pr. pù guāng曝光bào guāng to expose (to the air, light etc) · to leave uncovered · exposure曝露pù lù to expose to strong sunlight曝晒pù shài light meter · exposure meter曝光表bào guāng biǎo one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp · sporadic effort · lack of sticking power · short attention span一曝十寒yī pù shí hán Yesou Puyan or Humble Words of a Rustic Elder, monumental Qing novel by Xia Jingqu 夏敬渠野叟曝言Yě sǒu Pù yán

Idioms with 曝 9 total Chain

one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp · sporadic effort · lack of sticking power · short attention span一曝十寒yī pù shí hán

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