渦

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Han character

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

1. swirl, whirlpool, eddy

[edit] 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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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

渦 (simplified 涡, Yale gwo1, wo1)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

渦 (common kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: か (ka)
• Kun: うず (uzu)

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

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

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

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