Wave

August 27, 2010

"Wave" in kanji. Japanese calligraphy art by Nao.

Wave

nami, ha

Summer is waning. The sound of the waves (namioto) carries the summer away.

Waves are nami. It’s a noun.

This character is included in some compounds.

Namikaze is the waves and winds you had better not cause. It is trouble.

Shūha is a wave cycle and shūha is a frequency.


The kanji for "Wave" with the stroke order and arrows showing directions.

  1. Draw the dot in the upper-left corner of the character.
  2. Draw the dot below it.
  3. Draw the upward stroke in the lower-left corner. This stroke is heading toward the next stroke.
  4. Draw the sweeping stroke in the middle.
  5. Draw the hook consisting of a horizontal stroke and a short sweeping stroke.
  6. Draw the vertical stroke from the top.
  7. Draw the hook consisting of a horizontal stroke and a longer sweeping stroke.
  8. Draw the sweeping stroke, which crosses the previous sweeping stroke.
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2 Responses to “Wave”

  1. Marius Rime Says:

    I think of a wave as of a ‘skin of water’


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