The kanji 波: meaning, readings and stroke order

波

Meaning: wave
On reading: ハ ha
Kun reading: なみ nami
Strokes: 8
Radical: 水 water
Level: Level 3 · grade 3

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: sóng (ba)
Japanese: なみ。
Korean: 물결, 파도 (파)
Chinese: 波浪

Readings, words and example sentences

ハ ha · on reading

電でん波ぱ
radio waves, signal
山では 電でん波ぱが弱いです。
The signal is weak in the mountains.

なみ nami · kun reading

波なみ
wave
今日は海の 波なみが高いです。
The waves are high today.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.