渦
See also: 涡
Translingual
Han character
渦 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水月月口 (EBBR), four-corner 37127, composition ⿰氵咼)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 634, character 7
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17771
- Dae Jaweon: page 1041, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1651, character 3
- Unihan data for U+6E26
Chinese
Glyph origin
Old Chinese | |
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碢 | *l'oːl |
腡 | *ɡ·roːl, *kʷroːl |
過 | *kloːl, *kloːls |
渦 | *kloːl, *qloːl |
鍋 | *kloːl |
楇 | *kloːl, *ɡloːls |
瘑 | *kloːl |
緺 | *koːl, *kroːl, *kʷroːl |
堝 | *kloːl |
濄 | *kloːl, *qloːl |
鐹 | *kloːlʔ, *kloːls |
薖 | *kʰloːl |
簻 | *kʰloːl, *kr'oːl |
禍 | *ɡloːlʔ |
窩 | *qloːl |
萵 | *qloːl |
檛 | *kr'oːl |
膼 | *kr'oːl |
蝸 | *kroːl, *kʷroːl |
媧 | *kroːl, *kʷroːl |
騧 | *kroːl, *kʷroːl |
冎 | *kroːlʔ |
剮 | *kroːlʔ |
諣 | *qʰroːls, *qʰʷroːls |
歄 | *kʷroːl |
咼 | *kʰʷroːl |
喎 | *kʰʷroːl |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *kloːl, *qloːl) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 咼 (OC *kʰʷroːl).
Etymology 1
trad. | 渦 | |
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simp. | 涡 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄛ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wo
- Wade–Giles: wo1
- Yale: wō
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uo
- Palladius: во (vo)
- Sinological IPA (key): /wɔ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: wo1
- Yale: wō
- Cantonese Pinyin: wo1
- Guangdong Romanization: wo1
- Sinological IPA (key): /wɔː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vô
- Hakka Romanization System: voˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: vo1
- Sinological IPA: /vo²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Southern Min
- Middle Chinese: 'wa
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*qloːl/
Definitions
- whirlpool; eddy; vortex
- something shaped like a whirlpool; indentation; concavity
Compounds
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Etymology 2
trad. | 渦 | |
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simp. | 涡 | |
alternative forms | 濄/㳡 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛ
- Tongyong Pinyin: guo
- Wade–Giles: kuo1
- Yale: gwō
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guo
- Palladius: го (go)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ku̯ɔ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: gwo1
- Yale: gwō
- Cantonese Pinyin: gwo1
- Guangdong Romanization: guo1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʷɔː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Middle Chinese: kwa
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*kloːl/
Definitions
References
- “渦”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
Kanji
渦
Readings
- Go-on: か (ka, Jōyō)←くわ (kwa, historical); わ (wa)
- Kan-on: か (ka, Jōyō)←くわ (kwa, historical); わ (wa)
- Kan’yō-on: か (ka, Jōyō)←くわ (kwa, historical)
- Kun: うず (uzu, 渦, Jōyō)←うづ (udu, 渦, historical)
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term |
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渦 |
か Grade: S |
goon |
/kwa/ → /ka/
From Middle Chinese 渦 (MC kwa, “eddy, swirl, whirlpool”).
Pronunciation
Affix
Usage notes
This reading is only ever found in compounds.
Derived terms
Derived terms
Etymology 2
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Kanji in this term |
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渦 |
うず Grade: S |
kun'yomi |
/udu/ → /udzu/ → /uzu/
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Japanese.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
- eddy, swirl, whirlpool, vortex
- Early 700s, 播磨国風土記 (Harima no Kuni Fudoki, “Chronicles of the Country of Harima”)
- 絞水の淵あり。故、宇頭川と号く。
- uzu no fuchi ari. Kare, Uzugawa to nazuku.
- There is a deep whirl / eddy pool there. As such, it is called “Uzugawa” (Eddy River).
- 絞水の淵あり。故、宇頭川と号く。
- Early 700s, 播磨国風土記 (Harima no Kuni Fudoki, “Chronicles of the Country of Harima”)
Derived terms
References
Korean
Hanja
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Vietnamese
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