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Kanji Detail for 渦 - "whirlpool, vortex, spiral"

渦

  • Meaning

    渦 means "whirlpool, vortex, spiral."

    1. Whirlpool - A spinning body of water.

    2. Vortex - A spinning mass that draws things in.

    3. Spiral - A curve that winds around.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    whirlpool; eddy; vortex

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    swirl, whirlpool, eddy

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    name of a river

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    eddy, swirl, whirlpool

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Name of a river. Source is in Tongxu County, Henan. Flows southeast into the Huai. Anhui has Guoyang County. | A water depression. As in 旋渦 (whirlpool), meaning the depression where water flows in circles.
  • Onyomitip

    ka(カ) カ

  • Kunyomitip

    uzu(うず) うず

  • Strokestip

    12 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords
    whirlpool vortex spiral eddy maelstrom current swirl turbulence cyclone spin gyre rotation

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