波 — Chinese character
波
bō
waves, ripples, breakers; undulations
- Pinyin
- bō
- Radical
- 85 ⽔ (Water)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 氵 皮
- Formation
- pictophonetic — water; meaning component 氵; sound component 皮
- Japanese
- 波 as a kanji
Common words with 波
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 波动 (波動) | bō dòng | to undulate; to fluctuate |
| 波音 | bō yīn | mordent (music) |
| 风波 (風波) | fēng bō | disturbance; crisis |
| 波特 | bō tè | (loanword) baud (computing); porter (beer) |
| 波及 | bō jí | to spread to; to involve |
| 微波 | wēi bō | ripple; microwave |
| 波长 (波長) | bō cháng | wavelength |
| 波浪 | bō làng | wave |
| 奔波 | bēn bō | to rush about; to be constantly on the move |
| 波段 | bō duàn | wave band |
| 电波 (電波) | diàn bō | electric wave; alternating current |
| 电磁波 (電磁波) | diàn cí bō | electromagnetic wave |
English words written with 波
波 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 11
- Zhuangzi Man Among Men
- Zhuangzi How to Govern
- Zhuangzi The Universe
- Zhuangzi The Tao of God
- Zhuangzi Self-Conceit
- Zhuangzi Kêng Sang Ch’u
- Zhuangzi Contingencies
- Zhuangzi The Old Fisherman
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.