菠 bō spinach and similar greens Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 波 represents the sound. Components 艹 艹 Meaning component cao, cǎo grass 艹 is a component form of 艸. 波 波 Sound component bō waves Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangpaːl Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang