渦 = 氵 + 咼

渦 is a traditional Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “swirl”. It is built from 氵 (water) and 咼 (chat).

Keyword: swirl
Pinyin (Mandarin): wō
Script: Traditional chinese hanzi
Also known as: swirl, whirlpool, eddy, вихрь, водоворот, эдди, whirlpool, eddy
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 渦 whirlpool

Decomposition

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氵 water
咼 chat

How to find 渦 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “water” + “chat”. 渦 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 渦 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.