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波

bō

waves, ripples, breakers; undulations

🔤 Pictophonetic: 氵 (water) provides meaning, 皮 provides pronunciation

HSK 6 8 strokes Very Common (7%)

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Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

skin, hide, fur, feathers

⿰氵皮 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

shuǐ

氵

water

3 strokes

pí

皮

skin, hide, fur, feathers

📷 Pictographic: A hand using a tool 攴 to strip the hide from a carcass

5 strokes HSK 3

unknown

Unknown component - strokes not mapped to a known radical

2 strokes

pū

攴

to rap, to tap

📷 Pictographic: A hand 又 wielding a stick ⺊

4 strokes

⺊

💡 Ideographic: A crack on an oracle bone; compare 卜

2 strokes

yòu

又

and, also, again, in addition

📷 Pictographic: A right hand, representing a pair; compare 左

2 strokes HSK 3

Words Using 波 (256)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

to rush about / to be constantly on the move

bēnbō

奔波 ↗

HSK 6

to rush about / to be constantly on the move

波涛 ↗

bōtāo

great waves / billows

bōtāo

波涛 ↗

HSK 6

great waves / billows

波 ↗

Bō

Poland / Polish / abbr. for [[波蘭|波兰<Bōlán>]]

Bō

波 ↗

Poland / Polish / abbr. for [[波蘭|波兰<Bōlán>]]

波 ↗

bō

wave / ripple / storm / surge

bō

波 ↗

wave / ripple / storm / surge

Potter or Porter (surname)

Bōtè

波特 ↗

Potter or Porter (surname)

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