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Chinese symbol for “wavelength”

波长
bō cháng
Traditional: 波長
wavelength

The closest CC-CEDICT match for wavelength is 波长 (bō cháng), defined as: wavelength.

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Characters and stroke order

波 bō
waves, ripples, breakers; undulations
radical 85 ⽔ · 8 strokes
长 cháng
long, lasting; to excel in
radical 168 ⾧ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 波长.

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
增长 (增長)zēng zhǎngto grow; to increase
长期 (長期)cháng qīlong-term; for a protracted period

See also: Japanese symbol for “wavelength”.

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.