波 – waves, billows, Poland

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The kanji 波 means waves, billows, Poland. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ハ (ha); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is なみ (nami). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ハ	ha
Kun’yomi	なみ	nami

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 水 (Kangxi radical 85). Components: 汁・皮・又.

Words using 波

波なみwave電波でんぱradio wave短波たんぱshort wave津波つなみtsunami

Example sentences

くだける波が泡を作った。

The breaking waves formed foam.

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彼の携帯電話は他の電話を妨害する電波を出した。

His mobile phone produced radio emissions that interfered with other phones.

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津波で流されてしまったのです。

It is carried away by tidal waves.

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Kanji with the same radical

決法治派済活海求水減演流沢消準渡

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