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Kanji Detail for 波 - "wave, ripple, flow"

  • Meaning

    波 means "wave, ripple, flow."

    1. Wave - Movement of water; ripple.

    2. Surge - A rising and falling motion.

    3. Spread - To propagate like waves.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    waves; billows; Poland

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    waves, breakers; undulations

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (bound form) Poland (abbr. for 波蘭|波兰[Bo1 lan2]); surname Bo

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    waves, ripples, breakers; undulations

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Water ripples. Small ones are called 波 (waves); large ones are called 瀾 (billows). Writing that has layers and development is also called 波瀾 (waves). | Rising and falling is called 波. As in when music is produced, its vibration frequency is called 音波 (sound waves). In calligraphy and writing, the rising and falling strokes are called 波磔. | The meaning of gradually extending. As in affecting one thing first and then another is called 波及 (to spread to); being implicated through others is called 波累 (to be affected). | 奔波 (Pen-pe). Running about laboriously. Colloquially, running is called 波. This expression already existed in Tang times.
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  • The waves are high today.

  • The ship cut her way through the waves.

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