Chinese symbol for “shortwave”

短波

duǎn bō

shortwave (radio)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for shortwave is 短波 (duǎn bō), defined as: shortwave (radio).

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Characters and stroke order

短 duǎn

brief, short; deficient, lacking

radical 111 ⽮ · 12 strokes

波 bō

waves, ripples, breakers; undulations

radical 85 ⽔ · 8 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 短波.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
短期	duǎn qī	short-term
短片	duǎn piàn	short film; video clip
短暂 (短暫)	duǎn zàn	of short duration; brief; momentary
缩短 (縮短)	suō duǎn	to shorten; to reduce; to curtail
短缺	duǎn quē	shortage
短信	duǎn xìn	text message; SMS
波动 (波動)	bō dòng	to undulate; to fluctuate
波音	bō yīn	mordent (music)

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.