涡
2 readings · tap one to hear it
eddy; whirlpool
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 水 +7
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 渦
- Common rank
- #2,259
- Unicode
- U+6DA1
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How 涡 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A mouth 呙 made of water 氵
Components 氵 呙
How to remember it
whirlpool · Heisig RSH #2365
水 water + esophagus
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 涡
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 涡轮喷气发动机 | turbojet | |
| 涡轮轴发动机 | turboshaft | |
| 涡阳县 | Guoyang, a county in Bozhou City 亳州市[Bo2 zhou1 Shi4], Anhui | |
| 旋涡星云 | spiral nebula | |
| 旋涡星系 | spiral galaxy | |
| 环极涡旋 | circumpolar vortex | |
| 准稳旋涡结构 | quasi-stationary spiral structure QSSS (astrophysics) | |
| 涡流 | (electronics) eddy current | |
| 涡阳 | see 渦陽縣|涡阳县[Guo1 yang2 Xian4] | |
| 旋涡状 | spiral-shaped | |
| 酒涡 | variant of 酒窩|酒窝[jiu3 wo1] | |
| 涡核 | eye of a vortex | |
| 圣涡 | dimples of Venus; back dimples | |
| 涡轮 | turbine | |
| 笑涡 | variant of 笑窩|笑窝[xiao4 wo1] | |
| 涡虫纲 | Turbellaria (an order of flatworms) | |
| 旋涡 | spiral; whirlpool; eddy; vortex | |
| 涡旋 | eddy; vortex | |
| 涡喷 | turbojet | |
| 梨涡 | dimples (of a woman) |