波 means “wave”

なみ · nami

Also: waves, billows, Poland

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

なみ

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ハ

Taught in grade 3 · 8 strokes

The story

Hokusai's Great Wave captures the ocean's power, ancient art that speaks across centuries.

Immortalized in one of Japan's most famous artworks

Its parts

• 氵 Water · Left side
• 皮 Skin/surface · Right side

The surface (皮) of water (氵): waves

More from Nature's Poetry

• 葉 leaf
• 鳥 bird
• 土 earth
• 雷 thunder
• 海 sea
• 雲 cloud
• 野 field
• 光 light
• 谷 valley
• 竹 bamboo
• 草 grass
• 池 pond

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.