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波

bō

waves

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 皮 represents the sound.

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

皮 sound component

皮  Sound component

pí

  

skin

Evolution

波 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
波 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
波 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

波  

bō

waves, breakers; undulations; wave; ripple; storm; surge

波  

Bō

Poland; Polish; abbr. for 波蘭|波兰[Bō​lán]

Most common words with 波
Freq.
Word
Meaning

波

wave

波动

to undulate

波士顿

Boston, capital of Massachusetts

波兰

Poland

宁波

Ningbo subprovincial city in Zhejiang

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

啵

Sound component in 3 characters (1 verified)

婆 啵 菠

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*pˤaj

pa

bō

wave (n.)


Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 34.5026% of movies

801st most common character in movies

664th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+6CE2

Shuowen

“波，水涌流也。从水，皮聲。”


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