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Mythic Mandarin

波 (Bō): meaning and stroke order

波 (Bō) means (bound form) Poland (abbr. for 波兰), surname Bo, wave, ripple, storm, surge.

波

Simplified
波
Traditional
波 (same form)
Pinyin
Bō

Stroke order of 波

波

  • Bō (bound form) Poland (abbr. for 波蘭|波兰[Bo1 lan2]); surname Bo
  • bō wave; ripple
  • 8 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 波

  1. Bō
    • (bound form) Poland (abbr. for 波蘭|波兰[Bo1 lan2])
    • surname Bo
  2. bō
    • wave
    • ripple
    • storm
    • surge

Radical and structure

波
Radical 水 (Kangxi radical 85) · 8 strokes · 氵 on the left, 皮 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 波

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).