泡漩
pào​xuán

whirlpool

泡 pào bubbles

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 包 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

包
包 Sound component
bāo wrap

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰruː
m̥ʰruːs
bruː

說文解字

水。出山陽平樂，東北入泗。从水包聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

漩 xuán eddy

Swirling 旋 water 氵; 旋 also provides the pronunciation

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water
旋
旋 SoundMeaning component
xuán revolve

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsɢʷan
sɢʷans

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang