Kanji

勃

勃

suddenness, rise

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

9 strokes

Radical

力部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ボツ, ホツ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

おこる, にわかに

Example sentences

勃起 ぼっき
彼 は 朝 、 生理現象 として 勃起 する こと が ある 。

He sometimes has an erection in the morning as a physiological phenomenon.

勃発 ぼっぱつ
紛争 が 勃発し 、 多く の 人々 が 避難した 。

Conflict broke out, and many people evacuated.

勃興 ぼっこう
新しい 産業 が 勃興 している

New industries are rapidly emerging.

Example Vocabulary

勃起

ぼっき

erection; to rise up suddenly

勃つ

たつ

勃発

ぼっぱつ

outbreak; sudden occurrence (of an event like conflict or war)

朝勃ち

あさだち

そそり勃つ

そそりたつ

勃興

ぼっこう

to rise suddenly; to spring up; to emerge rapidly

勃

ぼつ

半勃起

はんぼっき

勃起不全

ぼっきふぜん

勃然

ぼつぜん

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