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The kanji 渦: meaning, readings and stroke order
渦
- Meaning
- whirlpool, swirl
- On reading
- カ ka
- Kun reading
- うず uzu
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 水 water
- Level
- Level 9 · senior high school
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- xoáy nước (oa)
- Japanese
- うず。ぐるぐる まわる みずの ながれ。
- Korean
- 소용돌이 (와)
- Chinese
- 漩涡 (涡)
Readings, words and example sentences
カ ka · on reading · less common
渦中
in the middle of (trouble)
事件の 渦中に います。
He is right in the middle of the incident.
うず uzu · kun reading
渦
whirlpool, swirl
川に 渦が できます。
A whirlpool forms in the river.
Practise writing 渦 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 渦 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 9 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.