曝 pù to air out
to air out; to expose to sunlight
How to remember 曝: 日 sun + 暴 violent = to air out. After a violent storm soaks the camp, the scouts hang their sleeping bags in the sun to air out.
Component breakdown
曝 = 日 sun + 暴 violent
- 日 sun
- 暴 violent
After a violent storm soaks the camp, the scouts hang their sleeping bags in the sun to air out.
How it is used
- To expose to sun/air. In the common 曝光 (bàoguāng) it means photographic exposure, and by extension to expose a scandal publicly - 丑闻被曝光 (chǒuwén bèi bàoguāng) the scandal was exposed.
- Note the reading shifts to bào in 曝光.