Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N2

740 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: waves, billows, Poland

Kunyomi: なみ

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: さんずい

Meaning: water

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

紋(はもん)   ripple [n.]

長(はちょう)   wavelength

止場(はとば)   wharf, jetty

電磁(でんじは)   electromagnetic waves

(でんぱ)   radio wave

(おんぱ)   sound wave

(かんぱ)   a cold snap

(なみ)   wave [n.]

乗り(なみのり)   surfing

(つなみ)   tsunami, tidal wave

(ひとなみ)   surging crowd, stampede

打つ(なみうつ)   dash against, undulate, heave

Onyomi Examples

counter for waves (of a repeated occurrence)

ハキュウ spread, extension, influence, aftereffect, ripple

低周 テイシュウハ low frequency

ヨコナミ transverse wave, beam sea

Kunyomi Examples

なみ wave, ups and downs

なみま interval between the waves, gap between waves

たかなみ high waves, heavy seas

よこなみ transverse wave, beam sea