Chinese symbol for “uhf”

超短波

chāo duǎn bō

ultra short wave (radio); UHF

The closest CC-CEDICT match for uhf is 超短波 (chāo duǎn bō), defined as: ultra short wave (radio); UHF.

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Characters and stroke order

超 chāo

to jump over, to leap over; to overtake, to surpass

radical 156 ⾛ · 12 strokes

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 超短波.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
超过 (超過)	chāo guò	to surpass; to exceed
超级 (超級)	chāo jí	super-; ultra-
超越	chāo yuè	to surpass; to exceed; to transcend
超市	chāo shì	supermarket (abbr. for 超级市场 (chāo jí shì chǎng)); measure word: 家 (jiā)
超出	chāo chū	to exceed; to overstep
超人	chāo rén	superhuman; exceptional
短期	duǎn qī	short-term
短片	duǎn piàn	short film; video clip
波动 (波動)	bō dòng	to undulate; to fluctuate

See also: Japanese symbol for “uhf”.

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.