波 (bō)
wave; ripple; storm; surge
How 波 is written
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Traditional
- 波
- Simplified
- 波 (unchanged)
Components
- 氵 water
- 皮 skin
Common words using 波
- 奔波 bēnbō
- to rush about; to be constantly on the move
- 寧波 níngbō
- Ningbo subprovincial city in Zhejiang
- 仁波切 rénbōqiè
- Rinpoche (Tibetan honorific)
- 光波 guāngbō
- light wave
- 寧波市 níngbōshì
- Ningbo subprovincial city in Zhejiang
- 微波 wēibō
- ripple; microwave
- 微波爐 wēibōlú
- microwave oven; CL:臺|台[tai2]
- 波動 bōdòng
- to undulate; to fluctuate; wave motion
- 波及 bōjí
- to spread to; to involve; to affect
- 波士頓 bōshìdùn
- Boston, capital of Massachusetts
- 波折 bōzhé
- twists and turns
- 波斯 bōsī
- Persia
波 in a sentence
便當冷了，用微波爐熱一下就可以吃了。
Biàndāng lěng le, yòng wéibōlú rè yīxià jiù kěyǐ chī le.
“The bento is cold; just heat it up in the microwave and it's ready to eat.”
How common is 波?
波 is the 663rd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 81.7% of all running text.
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