Chinese symbol for “harmonic”
谐波
xié bō
Traditional: 諧波
harmonic (wave with frequency an integer multiple of the fundamental)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for harmonic is 谐波 (xié bō), defined as: harmonic (wave with frequency an integer multiple of the fundamental).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “harmonic”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 谐波.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 和谐 (和諧) | hé xié | harmonious; harmony |
| 谐音 (諧音) | xié yīn | homonym; homophone |
| 诙谐 (詼諧) | huī xié | humorous; jocular |
| 谐星 (諧星) | xié xīng | popular comedian; comic star |
| 调谐 (調諧) | tiáo xié | harmonious; to adjust |
| 波动 (波動) | bō dòng | to undulate; to fluctuate |
| 波音 | bō yīn | mordent (music) |
| 风波 (風波) | fēng bō | disturbance; crisis |
See also: Japanese symbol for “harmonic”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.