漩涡 xuánwō maelstrom Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 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 ChineseZhengzhangsɢʷansɢʷans Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang 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 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 ChineseZhengzhangkloːlqloːlUnicodeguɑ Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang