漢字道KANJIDO

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2High school level12 strokesRadical
On
Kun
うず
Meaning
whirlpool; eddy

Origin

ORIGIN

氵 "water" with 咼 "to bend": water turning round and round — a whirlpool.

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Readings and examples

OFFICIAL READINGS

渦中
うず渦・渦潮・渦巻く

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

Compounds

COMPOUNDS

  • 渦巻きうずまき

    a spiral; eddy

  • 渦中かちゅう

    in the thick of it

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

川に渦ができる。

An eddy forms in the river.

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