渦

Glyph origin
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Definitions

 * 1) whirlpool; eddy; vortex
 * 2) something shaped like a whirlpool; indentation; concavity

Etymology 1
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Affix

 * 1) eddy, swirl, whirlpool, vortex

Usage notes
This reading is only ever found in compounds.

Derived terms

 * : a swirl shape
 * : the one involved, the one dragged in, the one caught up

Etymology 2


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Noun

 * 1) eddy, swirl, whirlpool, vortex
 * 2) * Early 700s, 播磨国風土記 (Harima no Kuni Fudoki, “Chronicles of the Country of Harima”)

Derived terms

 * : spiral, whirlpool, eddy
 * : a tidal whirlpool or eddy

Etymology 1
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Etymology 2
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