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渦 = 水 + 咼
渦 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “whirlpool”. It is built from 水 (water) and 咼 (jawbone). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1387.
- Keyword
- whirlpool
- RTK frame
- 1387
- Strokes
- 12
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- カ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- うず
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- водоворот
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 渦 swirl
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 渦 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “water” + “jawbone”. 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.