• 1381st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 85 words
  • Component in 5 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical
丿丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xuán (xuan2)to revolve • a loop • a circle
2. xuàn (xuan4)to whirl • immediately • variant of 鏇|镟[xuan4]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

凯旋 (凱旋)
旋律 
旋转 (旋轉)

Uncommon

凯旋门 (凱旋門)
周旋 
回旋 
天旋地转 (天旋地轉)
旋风 (旋風)
盘旋 (盤旋)
螺旋 

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  • 2753rd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 20 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. guō (guo1)name of a river
2. (wo1)eddy • whirlpool

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

涡轮 (渦輪)
漩涡 (漩渦)

Uncommon

旋涡 (旋渦)
涡阳 (渦陽)
涡阳县 (渦陽縣)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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