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渦

JLPT N1 12 strokes Frequency: #1789

Meanings

Whirlpool, Eddy, Vortex

Radicals

氵

Decomposition

⿰氵咼

Etymology

Ideographic: A mouth 咼 made of water 氵

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 12

Stroke Order

1 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

2 dot bottom-to-top

3 rising bottom-left-to-top-right

4 vertical right-to-left

5 corner right-to-left

6 vertical right-to-left

7 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

8 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

9 hook bottom-right-to-top-left

10 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

11 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

12 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

カ ka

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

うず uzu

Words Using This Kanji

40 words total

Other (20 words)

渦巻形ガスケットうずまきがたガスケット

spiral-wound gasket

珍渦虫科ちんうずむしか

Xenoturbellidae (family of worm-like basal deuterostomes)

珍渦虫属ちんうずむしぞく

Xenoturbella (genus of worm-like basal deuterostomes)

珍渦虫門ちんうずむしもん

Xenoturbellida (phylum of worm-like basal deuterostomes)

polar vortex

chaos of war

eddy current

vortex filament

barred spiral galaxy

cold eddy

warm eddy

to whirl

whirlpool design

whirlpool

vortex

spiral

swirling current

vortex

whirlpool

whirling tides

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