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Chinese symbol for “polka”

波尔卡
bō ěr kǎ
Traditional: 波爾卡
polka (dance) (loanword)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for polka is 波尔卡 (bō ěr kǎ), defined as: polka (dance) (loanword).

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Characters and stroke order

波 bō
waves, ripples, breakers; undulations
radical 85 ⽔ · 8 strokes
尔 ěr
you; that, those; final particle
radical 42 ⼩ · 5 strokes
卡 kǎ
card, punch card; calorie
radical 25 ⼘ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 波尔卡.

WordPinyinMeaning
波动 (波動)bō dòngto undulate; to fluctuate
波音bō yīnmordent (music)
风波 (風波)fēng bōdisturbance; crisis
波特bō tè(loanword) baud (computing); porter (beer)
波及bō jíto spread to; to involve
微波wēi bōripple; microwave
偶尔 (偶爾)ǒu ěroccasionally; once in a while
摩尔 (摩爾)mó ěrmole (chemistry)
信用卡xìn yòng kǎcredit card

See also: Japanese symbol for “polka”.

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.