Read Edit View history Discussion 波 bō HSK6 waves Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 皮 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas bō × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 氵 is a component form of 水. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 波 Simp strokes 波 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 波 Simp strokes 波 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 波 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 203, 718 ], [ 292, 662 ], [ 312, 626 ] ], [ [ 137, 526 ], [ 209, 474 ], [ 225, 445 ] ], [ [ 173, 39 ], [ 162, 71 ], [ 162, 124 ], [ 316, 392 ] ], [ [ 465, 566 ], [ 479, 555 ], [ 494, 557 ], [ 717, 616 ], [ 763, 622 ], [ 781, 616 ], [ 798, 603 ], [ 802, 592 ], [ 735, 508 ] ], [ [ 394, 583 ], [ 426, 552 ], [ 431, 510 ], [ 426, 433 ], [ 406, 297 ], [ 381, 204 ], [ 346, 124 ], [ 313, 69 ], [ 272, 18 ] ], [ [ 560, 821 ], [ 609, 779 ], [ 610, 770 ], [ 598, 417 ], [ 580, 388 ] ], [ [ 496, 357 ], [ 557, 359 ], [ 679, 391 ], [ 703, 382 ], [ 717, 362 ], [ 701, 287 ], [ 680, 231 ], [ 656, 184 ], [ 610, 126 ], [ 567, 94 ], [ 525, 74 ], [ 453, 52 ], [ 397, 43 ] ], [ [ 480, 298 ], [ 512, 290 ], [ 530, 275 ], [ 667, 135 ], [ 808, 22 ], [ 897, 10 ], [ 975, 10 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 211 728 Q 198 729 195 723 Q 191 714 201 703 Q 273 619 306 614 Q 315 613 321 616 Q 325 622 330 639 Q 333 657 326 674 Q 311 713 211 728 Z", "M 143 492 Q 182 441 219 422 Q 235 418 246 433 Q 253 446 251 466 Q 245 493 226 508 Q 181 539 138 539 Q 132 539 130 537 Q 123 536 125 522 Q 126 509 143 492 Z", "M 125 154 Q 112 151 114 133 Q 127 54 160 34 Q 167 27 178 29 Q 185 30 188 56 Q 200 116 316 371 Q 323 387 323 394 Q 322 404 313 398 Q 298 389 170 198 Q 157 176 125 154 Z", "M 628 573 Q 674 588 722 597 Q 756 604 759 590 Q 759 575 732 521 Q 723 505 731 501 Q 738 497 752 509 Q 828 563 859 573 Q 884 577 882 592 Q 881 605 803 643 Q 781 653 752 646 Q 685 625 630 609 L 578 596 Q 523 586 455 571 C 426 565 435 521 464 529 Q 566 559 578 561 L 628 573 Z", "M 455 571 Q 409 604 388 596 Q 376 589 383 575 Q 399 554 400 490 Q 399 484 399 475 Q 396 330 363 224 Q 333 133 270 30 Q 266 24 263 18 Q 262 8 272 9 Q 299 12 369 125 Q 379 146 390 167 Q 438 278 458 478 Q 462 526 464 529 C 469 559 469 562 455 571 Z", "M 618 392 Q 624 486 628 573 L 630 609 Q 633 699 652 784 Q 656 796 635 811 Q 598 830 573 835 Q 557 839 548 830 Q 541 821 549 806 Q 574 770 574 745 Q 578 673 578 596 L 578 561 Q 578 476 574 380 C 573 350 616 362 618 392 Z", "M 608 163 Q 598 151 587 139 Q 533 90 397 50 Q 381 46 391 38 Q 398 32 428 36 Q 519 46 572 70 Q 611 89 643 124 L 674 164 Q 711 219 737 301 Q 744 337 766 354 Q 782 369 764 385 Q 743 401 709 416 Q 687 423 664 413 Q 642 401 618 392 L 574 380 Q 496 365 492 362 Q 483 355 502 346 Q 529 333 569 345 Q 612 355 656 366 Q 677 373 677 349 Q 677 277 633 199 L 608 163 Z", "M 643 124 Q 712 48 772 -12 Q 791 -31 819 -29 Q 972 -8 981 6 Q 985 13 974 17 Q 809 62 705 139 Q 690 151 674 164 L 633 199 Q 587 239 534 292 Q 521 308 502 309 Q 478 308 472 300 Q 471 294 478 290 Q 518 272 544 237 Q 577 200 608 163 L 643 124 Z" ] } 8 strokes 波 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 203, 718 ], [ 292, 662 ], [ 312, 626 ] ], [ [ 137, 526 ], [ 209, 474 ], [ 225, 445 ] ], [ [ 173, 39 ], [ 162, 71 ], [ 162, 124 ], [ 316, 392 ] ], [ [ 465, 566 ], [ 479, 555 ], [ 494, 557 ], [ 717, 616 ], [ 763, 622 ], [ 781, 616 ], [ 798, 603 ], [ 802, 592 ], [ 735, 508 ] ], [ [ 394, 583 ], [ 426, 552 ], [ 431, 510 ], [ 426, 433 ], [ 406, 297 ], [ 381, 204 ], [ 346, 124 ], [ 313, 69 ], [ 272, 18 ] ], [ [ 560, 821 ], [ 609, 779 ], [ 610, 770 ], [ 598, 417 ], [ 580, 388 ] ], [ [ 496, 357 ], [ 557, 359 ], [ 679, 391 ], [ 703, 382 ], [ 717, 362 ], [ 701, 287 ], [ 680, 231 ], [ 656, 184 ], [ 610, 126 ], [ 567, 94 ], [ 525, 74 ], [ 453, 52 ], [ 397, 43 ] ], [ [ 480, 298 ], [ 512, 290 ], [ 530, 275 ], [ 667, 135 ], [ 808, 22 ], [ 897, 10 ], [ 975, 10 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 211 728 Q 198 729 195 723 Q 191 714 201 703 Q 273 619 306 614 Q 315 613 321 616 Q 325 622 330 639 Q 333 657 326 674 Q 311 713 211 728 Z", "M 143 492 Q 182 441 219 422 Q 235 418 246 433 Q 253 446 251 466 Q 245 493 226 508 Q 181 539 138 539 Q 132 539 130 537 Q 123 536 125 522 Q 126 509 143 492 Z", "M 125 154 Q 112 151 114 133 Q 127 54 160 34 Q 167 27 178 29 Q 185 30 188 56 Q 200 116 316 371 Q 323 387 323 394 Q 322 404 313 398 Q 298 389 170 198 Q 157 176 125 154 Z", "M 628 573 Q 674 588 722 597 Q 756 604 759 590 Q 759 575 732 521 Q 723 505 731 501 Q 738 497 752 509 Q 828 563 859 573 Q 884 577 882 592 Q 881 605 803 643 Q 781 653 752 646 Q 685 625 630 609 L 578 596 Q 523 586 455 571 C 426 565 435 521 464 529 Q 566 559 578 561 L 628 573 Z", "M 455 571 Q 409 604 388 596 Q 376 589 383 575 Q 399 554 400 490 Q 399 484 399 475 Q 396 330 363 224 Q 333 133 270 30 Q 266 24 263 18 Q 262 8 272 9 Q 299 12 369 125 Q 379 146 390 167 Q 438 278 458 478 Q 462 526 464 529 C 469 559 469 562 455 571 Z", "M 618 392 Q 624 486 628 573 L 630 609 Q 633 699 652 784 Q 656 796 635 811 Q 598 830 573 835 Q 557 839 548 830 Q 541 821 549 806 Q 574 770 574 745 Q 578 673 578 596 L 578 561 Q 578 476 574 380 C 573 350 616 362 618 392 Z", "M 608 163 Q 598 151 587 139 Q 533 90 397 50 Q 381 46 391 38 Q 398 32 428 36 Q 519 46 572 70 Q 611 89 643 124 L 674 164 Q 711 219 737 301 Q 744 337 766 354 Q 782 369 764 385 Q 743 401 709 416 Q 687 423 664 413 Q 642 401 618 392 L 574 380 Q 496 365 492 362 Q 483 355 502 346 Q 529 333 569 345 Q 612 355 656 366 Q 677 373 677 349 Q 677 277 633 199 L 608 163 Z", "M 643 124 Q 712 48 772 -12 Q 791 -31 819 -29 Q 972 -8 981 6 Q 985 13 974 17 Q 809 62 705 139 Q 690 151 674 164 L 633 199 Q 587 239 534 292 Q 521 308 502 309 Q 478 308 472 300 Q 471 294 478 290 Q 518 272 544 237 Q 577 200 608 163 L 643 124 Z" ] } 8 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form 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