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渦
渦
See also: 涡
Translingual
Han character
渦 (radical 85 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水月月口 (EBBR), four-corner 37127)
References
- KangXi: page 634, character 7
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17771
- Dae Jaweon: page 1041, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1651, character 3
- Unihan data for U+6E26
Chinese
trad. | 渦 | |
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simp. | 涡 |
Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (冎) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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Old Chinese | |
碢 | *l'oːl |
腡 | *ɡ·roːl, *kʷroːl |
過 | *kloːl, *kloːls |
渦 | *kloːl, *qloːl |
鍋 | *kloːl |
楇 | *kloːl, *ɡloːls |
瘑 | *kloːl |
緺 | *koːl, *kroːl, *kʷroːl |
堝 | *kloːl |
濄 | *kloːl, *qloːl |
鐹 | *kloːlʔ, *kloːls |
薖 | *kʰloːl |
簻 | *kʰloːl, *kr'oːl |
禍 | *ɡloːlʔ |
窩 | *qloːl |
萵 | *qloːl |
檛 | *kr'oːl |
膼 | *kr'oːl |
蝸 | *kroːl, *kʷroːl |
媧 | *kroːl, *kʷroːl |
騧 | *kroːl, *kʷroːl |
冎 | *kroːlʔ |
剮 | *kroːlʔ |
諣 | *qʰroːls, *qʰʷroːls |
歄 | *kʷroːl |
咼 | *kʰʷroːl |
喎 | *kʰʷroːl |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kloːl, *qloːl) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 咼 (OC *kʰʷroːl).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄛ
- Wade-Giles: wo1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uo
- IPA (key): /u̯ɔ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: wo1, gwo1
- Yale: wō, gwō
- Cantonese Pinyin: wo1, gwo1
- IPA (key): /wɔː⁵⁵/, /kʷɔː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
Rime | ||
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Character | 渦 | 渦 |
Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
Initial (聲) | 見 (28) | 影 (34) |
Final (韻) | 戈 (95) | 戈 (95) |
Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
Division (等) | I | I |
Fanqie | 古禾切 | 烏禾切 |
Reconstructions | ||
Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/kuɑ/ | /ʔuɑ/ |
Pan Wuyun |
/kuɑ/ | /ʔuɑ/ |
Shao Rongfen |
/kuɑ/ | /ʔuɑ/ |
Edwin Pulleyblank |
/kwa/ | /ʔwa/ |
Li Rong |
/kuɑ/ | /ʔuɑ/ |
Wang Li |
/kuɑ/ | /uɑ/ |
Bernard Karlgren |
/kuɑ/ | /ʔuɑ/ |
Expected Mandarin Reflex |
guō | wō |
Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
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Character | 渦 | 渦 |
Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
No. | 4363 | 4377 |
Phonetic component |
冎 | 冎 |
Rime group |
歌 | 歌 |
Rime subdivision |
3 | 3 |
Corresponding MC rime |
戈 | 倭 |
Old Chinese |
/*kloːl/ | /*qloːl/ |
Notes | 見漢書亦作濄 | 與蝸同源 |
Definitions
渦
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Compounds
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References
Japanese
Kanji
渦
Readings
- Goon: か (ka), (historical) くわ (kwa), わ (wa) (non-Jōyō reading)
- Kan’on: か (ka), (historical) くわ (kwa), わ (wa) (non-Jōyō reading)
- Kan’yōon: か (ka), (historical) くわ (kwa)
- Kun: うず (uzu), (historical) うづ (udzu)
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term |
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渦 |
か Grade: S |
on'yomi |
/kwa/ → /ka/
From Middle Chinese 渦 (kwa?, “eddy, swirl, whirlpool”).
Pronunciation
Affix
渦 (hiragana か, romaji ka, historical hiragana くわ)
Usage notes
This reading is only ever found in compounds.
Derived terms
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term |
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渦 |
うず Grade: S |
kun'yomi |
/udu/ → /udzu/ → /uzu/
From Old Japanese.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
渦 (hiragana うず, romaji uzu, historical hiragana うづ)
- eddy, swirl, whirlpool, vortex
- Early 700s, 播磨国風土記 (Harima no Kuni Fudoki, “Chronicles of the Country of Harima”)
- 絞水の淵あり。故、宇頭川と号く
- uzu no fuchi ari. Kare, Uzugawa to nazuku.
- There is a deep whirl / eddy pool there. As such, it is called “Uzugawa” (Eddy River).
- 絞水の淵あり。故、宇頭川と号く
- Early 700s, 播磨国風土記 (Harima no Kuni Fudoki, “Chronicles of the Country of Harima”)
Derived terms
References
- ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
Korean
Hanja
渦 • (wa) (hangeul 와, revised wa, McCune-Reischauer wa, Yale wa)
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