波

wave; waves; billows; Poland

8 strokes. Taught in grade 3. Newspaper frequency rank 740.

Readings

• ハ (on reading): 電波 (でんぱ) radio wave; 周波数 (しゅうはすう) frequency (esp. of waveforms)
• なみ (kun reading): 波 (なみ) wave; 津波 (つなみ) tsunami
• Read as a whole word: 難波 (なにわ) Naniwa (former name for Osaka region); 阿波 (あわ) Awa (former province located in present-day Tokushima Prefecture); 阿波おどり (あわおどり) Awa Odori Festival (Tokushima)

Components

• 氵
• 皮
• 又 radical again; right hand
• ⺡ radical water, left-side form of 水
• 皮 radical skin

Kanji containing 波

• 婆 old woman
• 菠 spinach
• 碆 arrowhead

Words using 波

• 電波 (でんぱ) radio wave
• 周波数 (しゅうはすう) frequency (esp. of waveforms)
• 波 (は) counter for waves (of a repeated occurrence)
• 地上波 (ちじょうは) ground wave
• 波長 (はちょう) wavelength
• 波 (なみ) wave
• 津波 (つなみ) tsunami
• 岩波書店 (いわなみしょてん) Iwanami Shoten, Publishers (publisher)
• 波打つ (なみうつ) to dash against (of waves)
• 岩波 (いわなみ) Iwanami (publisher)
• 難波 (なにわ) Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)
• 阿波 (あわ) Awa (former province located in present-day Tokushima Prefecture)
• 阿波おどり (あわおどり) Awa Odori Festival (Tokushima)
• 難波潟 (なにわがた) Naniwa Bay (old name for Osaka Bay)
• 筑波大学 (つくばだいがく) University of Tsukuba
• 筑波銀行 (つくばぎんこう) Tsukuba Bank
• 筑波宇宙センター (つくばうちゅうセンター) Tsukuba Space Center
• 筑波学院大学 (つくばがくいんだいがく) Tsukuba Gakuin University
• 筑波技術大学 (つくばぎじゅつだいがく) National University Corporation Tsukuba University of Technology

398 words in all.

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