waves

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
氵 meaning component

  Meaning component

shuishuǐ

  

water

is a component form of .

皮 sound component

  Sound component

  

skin

Evolution

波 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
波 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
波 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

waves, breakers; undulations; wave; ripple; storm; surge

 

Poland; Polish; abbr. for 波蘭|波兰[Bō​lán]

Most common words with 波
Freq.
Word
Meaning

wave

波动

to undulate

波士顿

Boston, capital of Massachusetts

波兰

Poland

宁波

Ningbo subprovincial city in Zhejiang

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

Sound component in 3 characters (1 verified)