Read Edit View history 渦 guōwō swirl Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint A mouth 咼 made of water 氵 Pinyin Separate values with commas wō × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 涡 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 渦 Simp strokes 渦 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 渦 Simp strokes 渦 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 渦 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 194, 779 ], [ 276, 725 ], [ 298, 688 ] ], [ [ 137, 531 ], [ 215, 478 ], [ 239, 447 ] ], [ [ 191, 8 ], [ 177, 36 ], [ 171, 87 ], [ 196, 132 ], [ 289, 347 ] ], [ [ 417, 755 ], [ 457, 715 ], [ 465, 691 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683 757 691 748 Q 715 730 709 658 L 706 623 Q 696 524 679 442 C 673 413 735 427 736 457 Z", "M 611 428 Q 611 515 611 606 C 611 624 611 624 600 633 Q 584 646 569 653 Q 559 656 552 652 Q 545 648 548 640 Q 560 622 567 526 Q 568 486 574 421 C 577 391 611 398 611 428 Z", "M 611 606 Q 644 616 706 623 C 736 626 738 651 709 658 Q 696 662 678 655 Q 635 642 600 633 C 571 625 582 598 611 606 Z", "M 385 393 Q 361 414 340 418 Q 334 421 330 415 Q 326 408 329 396 Q 366 326 344 146 Q 340 124 349 104 Q 361 85 376 73 Q 389 63 392 74 Q 399 78 401 99 Q 405 118 401 188 Q 397 309 400 353 Q 401 359 401 363 C 403 379 403 379 385 393 Z", "M 401 363 Q 417 360 450 368 Q 747 434 793 414 Q 806 407 807 378 Q 810 228 794 113 Q 791 89 777 86 Q 768 82 715 90 Q 702 94 702 84 Q 703 75 720 64 Q 753 30 777 -5 Q 790 -21 806 -22 Q 822 -21 845 23 Q 873 66 872 113 Q 873 225 874 328 Q 873 368 893 399 Q 908 417 892 434 Q 871 453 827 472 Q 802 485 780 472 Q 761 465 736 457 L 679 442 Q 676 442 675 441 Q 641 434 611 428 L 574 421 Q 538 415 509 409 L 467 402 Q 413 396 385 393 C 355 390 371 362 401 363 Z", "M 506 304 Q 496 308 470 311 Q 460 314 456 309 Q 452 303 459 289 Q 481 252 497 189 Q 501 170 513 158 Q 529 139 534 153 Q 535 160 536 169 L 533 198 Q 523 258 520 278 C 517 301 517 301 506 304 Z", "M 672 217 Q 688 263 705 277 Q 727 299 706 314 Q 688 324 663 342 Q 647 352 628 343 Q 598 324 506 304 C 477 298 492 267 520 278 Q 523 282 603 296 Q 628 300 633 291 Q 634 290 623 220 C 618 190 662 189 672 217 Z", "M 536 169 Q 542 169 549 170 Q 591 180 682 189 Q 691 190 692 198 Q 692 205 672 217 C 655 228 652 227 623 220 Q 571 207 533 198 C 504 191 506 168 536 169 Z" ] } 12 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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