波

🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

waves

HSK 6 N2

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bō

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Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 皮 represents the sound.

Components

氵 water (drops)+ 皮 covering =

波 waves

氵 Meaning component

shui water (drops)

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

皮 Phonetic component

pí covering

skin, hide, fur, feather

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Notes

Historical Evolution

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

波

Regular

Modern

Chinese

波 [Bō]

Poland; Polish; abbr. for 波蘭|波兰[Bōlán]

波 [bō]

wave; ripple; storm; surge

Japanese

波、浪、濤なみ同音

noun

wave; billow; ripple; breaker; swell
idiomatic ups and downs
(something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; succession of changes
art tendency; (new) wave

波ぽ同音

noun abbrev. Poland

波は同音

counter counter for waves (of a repeated occurrence)

Example Sentences

🇯🇵 (1)

くだける波が泡を作った。

The breaking waves formed foam.

Japanese Names

波なみ

Nami female given namesurname

波は

Ha given name

波ぼ

Bo unclassified name

CHINESE WORDS (200)

波士顿 [Bōshìdùn] #3,259

Boston, capital of Massachusetts

波士顿 [Bōshìdùn] #3,259

Boston, capital of Massachusetts

Ningbo subprovincial city in Zhejiang

宁波 [Níngbō] #39,955

Ningbo subprovincial city in Zhejiang

波特 [Bōtè] #6,363

Potter or Porter (surname)

微波炉 [wēibōlú] #8,055

microwave oven

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JAPANESE WORDS (200)

to dash against (of waves)

waves that remain after the wind has subsided

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KOREAN WORDS (21)

파란 #4,676

ripple; wave

초음파 #6,873

ultrasonic waves; ultrasound

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