JLPT N212画 · 12 strokesradical 水
whirlpool, eddy
On'yomi (音読み)
- カ
- ウ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
- うず
Meanings across languages
- English
- whirlpool, eddy
- Tiếng Việt
- vòng xoáy, xoáy nước
- 日本語
- 渦, 渦巻き
Common compounds
- 渦巻きうずまきwhirlpool, spiral
- 渦潮うずしおwhirlpool tide
- 渦風かざうずwhirling wind
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