Memory phrase for the character: 波

波

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Meaning

wave

Pronunciation

HA
nami

Explanation

 Left: water 氵, right: skin 皮 (A hand 又 with a knife 丨 peels off the skin 厂)

Mnemonic
 
The water (of the sea) has a skin and this are the waves.

Radicals

氵 waterThe radical sanzui 氵 is a short form of water 水
皮 leather, skin




 Vocabulary

波 なみ  wave
寒波 かんぱ  cold wave, cold snap
津波 つなみ  tsunami, tidal wave
波長 はちょう  wavelength
短波 たんぱ  short wave
電波 でんぱ  electro-magnetic wave

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