Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1789 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: whirlpool, eddy, vortex

Kunyomi: うず

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: water

Examples

Onyomi Examples

カチュウ vortex, maelstrom, whirlpool, (in the middle of a) scandal, controversy, quarrel, turmoil

カジョウ spiral

キョクウズ polar vortex, polar cell

センカ chaos of war, war turmoil

Kunyomi Examples

うず whirlpool, swirl, eddy, vortex, maelstrom

巻き うずまき whirlpool, maelstrom, vortex, eddy, swirl, spiral (shape, pattern)

寒冷 かんれいうず cold vortex

きょくうず polar vortex, polar cell