波

wave; ripple; storm; surge

8 strokes Dict coverage rank #216 U+6CE2

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

氵 (semantic, “water”) + 皮 (phonetic, pí)

components: 氵皮

waves · Heisig RSH #708

水 water + 皮 covering

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 皮

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 皮 (pí) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
皮 sound component	pí	skin, hide, fur, feathers
破	pò	to break, to rout; to ruin, to destroy
被	bèi	bedding; a passive particle meaning "by"
坡	pō	slope, hillside, embankment
彼	bǐ	that, those, the other
玻	bō	glass
疲	pí	weak, tired, exhausted
颇	pō	rather, quite; partial, biased
陂	bēi	dam, embankment; reservoir
簸	bǒ	dustpan; to winnow, to toss
跛	bǒ	lame
帔	pèi	cape, robe, skirt
铍	pí	beryllium

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
波动力学	bō dòng lì xué	wave mechanics (physics)
巴拉马利波	Bā lā mǎ lì bō	Paramaribo, capital of Suriname (Tw)
马拉开波	Mǎ lā kāi bō	Maracaibo, Venezuela
波动性	bō dòng xìng	fluctuation
无线电波	wú xiàn diàn bō	radio wave
波多马克河	Bō duō mǎ kè Hé	see 波托馬克河\|波托马克河[Bo1 tuo1 ma3 ke4 He2]
分波多工	fēn bō duō gōng	wavelength division multiplexing; WDM
波斯语	Bō sī yǔ	Persian (language); Farsi
波尔多	Bō ěr duō	Bordeaux
波尔布特	Bō ěr Bù tè	Pol Pot (1925-1998), Cambodian communist leader
平面波	píng miàn bō	a plane wave
平地起风波	píng dì qǐ fēng bō	trouble appearing from nowhere; unforeseen situation
明尼阿波利斯	Míng ní ā bō lì sī	Minneapolis, a nameplace in the USA, notably in Minnesota
水波	shuǐ bō	wave; (water) ripple
波斯尼亚语	Bō sī ní yà yǔ	Bosnian (language)
波阿斯	Bō ā sī	Boaz (son of Salmon and Rahab)
波利尼西亚	Bō lì ní xī yà	Polynesia
中波	Zhōng Bō	Chinese-Polish
中波	zhōng bō	medium wave (radio frequency range)
线性波	xiàn xìng bō	linear wave