渦

See also 涡

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 咼

Han character

渦 (radical 85 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水月月口 (EBBR), four-corner 3712₇)

1. swirl, whirlpool, eddy

References

• KangXi: page 634, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17771
• Dae Jaweon: page 1041, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1651, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6E26

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Cantonese

Hanzi

渦 (simplified 涡, Yale gwo1, wo1)

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Japanese

Wikipedia ^ja

Kanji

渦 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: か (ka)
• Kun: うず (uzu)

Noun

渦 (hiragana うず, romaji uzu)

1. eddy, whirlpool, vortex

Compounds

• 渦巻 / 渦巻き (うずまき, uzumaki): spiral, whirlpool, eddy
• 渦潮 (うずしお, uzushio): a whirlpool, eddy

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Korean

Hanja

渦 (hangeul 와, revised wa, McCune-Reischauer wa, Yale wa)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

渦 (simplified 涡, pinyin guō (guo1), wō (wo1), Wade-Giles kuo¹, wo¹)