Memory phrase for the character: 渦

渦

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Meaning

eddy, whirlpool

Pronunciation

KA
uzu

Explanation

 Left: water 氵, right: vertebrae (image of bones 骨 = skeleton), Here: visible swirls of water

Mnemonic
 
The water has swirls and eddies: The eddies!

Radicals

氵 waterThe radical sanzui 氵 is a short form of water 水
骨 bone




 Vocabulary

渦 うず  swirl
渦巻き うずまき  whirlpool; maelstrom
渦流 かりゅう  swirling current, eddy, whirlpool

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