波
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wave; ripple; storm; surge
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
waves · Heisig RSH #708
水 water + 皮 covering
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 波
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 波动力学 | wave mechanics (physics) | |
| 巴拉马利波 | Paramaribo, capital of Suriname (Tw) | |
| 马拉开波 | Maracaibo, Venezuela | |
| 波动性 | fluctuation | |
| 无线电波 | radio wave | |
| 波多马克河 | see 波托馬克河|波托马克河[Bo1 tuo1 ma3 ke4 He2] | |
| 分波多工 | wavelength division multiplexing; WDM | |
| 波斯语 | Persian (language); Farsi | |
| 波尔多 | Bordeaux | |
| 波尔布特 | Pol Pot (1925-1998), Cambodian communist leader | |
| 平面波 | a plane wave | |
| 平地起风波 | trouble appearing from nowhere; unforeseen situation | |
| 明尼阿波利斯 | Minneapolis, a nameplace in the USA, notably in Minnesota | |
| 水波 | wave; (water) ripple | |
| 波斯尼亚语 | Bosnian (language) | |
| 波阿斯 | Boaz (son of Salmon and Rahab) | |
| 波利尼西亚 | Polynesia | |
| 中波 | Chinese-Polish | |
| 中波 | medium wave (radio frequency range) | |
| 线性波 | linear wave |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 皮 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 皮 sound part | skin, hide, fur, feathers | |
| 破 | to break, to rout; to ruin, to destroy | |
| 被 | bedding; a passive particle meaning "by" | |
| 坡 | slope, hillside, embankment | |
| 彼 | that, those, the other | |
| 玻 | glass | |
| 疲 | weak, tired, exhausted | |
| 颇 | rather, quite; partial, biased | |
| 陂 | dam, embankment; reservoir | |
| 簸 | dustpan; to winnow, to toss | |
| 跛 | lame | |
| 帔 | cape, robe, skirt | |
| 铍 | beryllium |