波

bō
#663 most
frequent character
wave, ripple, storm, surge

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

波 joins 氵 water with 皮 pí, which supplies the sound. The first sense was 'wave of water'. From there it grew to 'wave, ripple, fluctuation'.

波 as a component in other characters

sound2 characters
婆菠
picture1 character
啵

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