涡桨
wō​jiǎng

turboprop

涡 wō swirl Simplified

A mouth 呙 made of water 氵

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water
呙
呙 Meaning component
guō, wāi, hé chat

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

桨 jiǎng oar Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 将 represents the sound.

Components

将
将 SoundRemnant component
jiāng, jiàng will
木
木 Meaning component
mù tree

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

渦 wō swirl Traditional

A mouth 咼 made of water 氵

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water
咼
咼 Meaning component
chat

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkloːl
qloːl
Unicodeguɑ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

槳 jiǎng oar Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 將 represents the sound.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
將
將 Sound component
jiāng, jiàng take

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsaŋʔ
Unicodetziɑ̌ng

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang