音読み: ハ
訓読み: なみ
画数: 8
部首: さんずい（氵）
Meaning
Wave / Ripple
- 波風 — waves and wind / trouble
- 電波 — radio wave
- 津波 — tsunami
- 音波 — sound wave
- 波及 — spread / influence
- 波長 — wavelength
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- 余波 — aftermath / aftereffect
- 波状 — wave-like / undulating
- 波瀾 — disturbance / upheaval
The kanji 波 combines the water radical 氵 and the phonetic part 皮 (ヒ / ha), hinting at the flow or movement of water — fitting for its meaning: wave or ripple. It appears in many natural and technical terms.