Kanji

Stroke count: 17

Meaning: waves, billows

Kunyomi: なみ

Onyomi: トウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: water

Examples

Onyomi Examples

滔々 トウトウ torrentially, swiftly flowing (water, esp. river), voluminously flowing, (speak) eloquently, fluently, spout forth (a torrent of speech), flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction), current of the times

怒涛 ドトウ surging waves, raging billows, turbulent, tempestuous, tumultuous, chaotic

滔々 トウトウ torrentially, swiftly flowing (water, esp. river), voluminously flowing, (speak) eloquently, fluently, spout forth (a torrent of speech), flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction), current of the times

Kunyomi Examples

なみ wave, ups and downs