漩(xuán)

14 strokes

whirlpool

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Character information

Pinyin
xuán
Meaning
whirlpool; eddy; also pr. [xuan4]
Strokes
14
HSK level
—
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 漩 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰氵旋

Swirling 旋 water 氵; 旋 also provides the pronunciation

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

氵shuǐ旋xuán

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 漩 step by step

14 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 漩

Common words using 漩 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

pào泡xuán漩

eddy; whirlpool

Open 泡漩 page →
xuán漩wō涡

whirlpool; eddy; vortex; (fig.) maelstrom

Open 漩涡 page →

Related characters

From 漩’s common words

泡涡

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