涡 — Chinese character
涡
wō
eddy, swirl, whirlpool
- Pinyin
- wō
- Radical
- 85 ⽔ (Water)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 氵 呙
- Formation
- ideographic — A mouth 呙 made of water 氵
- Traditional
- 渦
Common words with 涡
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 涡轮 (渦輪) | wō lún | turbine |
| 漩涡 (漩渦) | xuán wō | whirlpool; eddy |
| 旋涡 (旋渦) | xuán wō | spiral; whirlpool |
| 涡流 (渦流) | wō liú | (electronics) eddy current |
| 涡旋 (渦旋) | wō xuán | eddy; vortex |
| 涡扇 (渦扇) | wō shàn | turbofan |
| 涡桨 (渦槳) | wō jiǎng | turboprop |
| 梨涡 (梨渦) | lí wō | dimples (of a woman) |
| 酒涡 (酒渦) | jiǔ wō | variant of 酒窝 (jiǔ wō) |
| 旋涡星系 (旋渦星系) | xuán wō xīng xì | spiral galaxy |
| 旋涡星云 (旋渦星雲) | xuán wō xīng yún | spiral nebula |
| 旋涡状 (旋渦狀) | xuán wō zhuàng | spiral-shaped |
English words written with 涡
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.