涡 (wō): Whirlpool — Stroke Order & Writing Guide

HSK 3.0Recognition 7-9

Animated Stroke Order 涡

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涡=氵water+呙crooked

Water (氵) swirls like a snail shell (呙) — a whirlpool or vortex.

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HSK Vocabulary: 涡

HSK words that contain this character.

旋涡

xuán wō

Vortex / whirlpool

HSK 3.0 L7-9

Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how 涡 is used in context

hé河

shuǐ水

zài在

zhè这

lǐ里

xíng形

chéng成

le了

yí一

gè个

dà大

xuán漩

wō涡

。

The river forms a big whirlpool here

wō涡

liú流

zài在

diàn电

cí磁

lú炉

zhōng中

chǎn产

shēng

zhè这

jià架

fēi飞

jī机

shǐ使

yòng用

le了

xiān先

jìn进

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Characters pronounced "wo".

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Same Radical

Characters with radical "氵".

huàn涣 niè涅 jiàn涧 tīng汀 luán滦 zǐ滓

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