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whirlpool

HSK 10 N1
Nature →Elements
wō
カ
うず
와
A mouth 咼 made of water 氵
Components
Traditional (渦)
氵 water (drops)+ 咼 jaw =
渦 whirlpool
氵 Meaning component
shui water (drops)
water
咼 Meaning component
jaw
Simplified (涡)
氵 water (drops)+ 呙 gossip =
涡 swirl
氵 Meaning component
shui water (drops)
water
呙 Meaning component
guō gossip
chat, jaw, gossip, talk
Notes
Similar Characters
泪 weep (simp)派 faction涉 ford渔 fish (simp)漁 fishing (trad/jp)柒 number seven染 dye梁 Liang氾 overflow (trad/jp)氿 spring汀 sandbar汁 juice汇 confluence of rivers (simp)汉 Chinese people (simp)汊 a branching stream汐 night tides汒 汔 close汕 basket for catching fish汗 sweat
Chinese
涡 / 渦 [guō]
name of a river
涡 / 渦 [wō]
eddy; whirlpool
Japanese
渦 うず 同音
noun whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
渦 しおが
Shioga unclassified name
渦 しおのや
Shionoya unclassified name
渦 しおや
Shioya unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (22)
漩涡 [xuán​wō] #15,073
whirlpool
涡轮 [wō​lún] #19,098
turbine
旋涡 [xuán​wō] #42,289
spiral
涡旋 [wō​xuán] #58,528
eddy
涡阳县 [Guō​yáng​xiàn] #53,420
Guoyang county in Bozhou 亳州[Bó​zhōu], Anhui
涡阳 [Guō​yáng] #55,977
Guoyang county in Bozhou 亳州[Bó​zhōu], Anhui
酒涡 [jiǔ​wō] #61,913
dimple
笑涡 [xiào​wō] #67,355
see 笑窩|笑窝[xiào​wō]
旋涡星云 [xuán​wō​xīng​yún] #74,532
spiral nebula
旋涡星系 [xuán​wō​xīng​xì]
spiral galaxy
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JAPANESE WORDS (47)
渦巻く [うずまく] #5,234
to whirl
⭐ 渦中 [かちゅう] #19,010
vortex
⭐ 渦巻き [うずまき] #39,588
whirlpool
渦潮 [うずしお] #61,039
whirling tides
戦渦 [せんか] #87,229
chaos of war
渦状 [かじょう] #91,270
spiral
笑いの渦 [わらいのうず] #97,973
clamor of laughter
渦動 [かどう] #101,938
vortex
渦巻き模様 [うずまきもよう] #102,865
spiral pattern
渦巻き状 [うずまきじょう] #115,719
spiral
37 more items
KOREAN WORDS (1)
와중
being while doing something; being in the process of doing something