渦

Whirlpool

Also: Eddy, Vortex

On'yomi

  • か ka

Kun'yomi

  • うず uzu
Stroke count
12
Radical
水 water · Kangxi radical 85
JLPT level
N1
School grade
Secondary school

渦 has 12 strokes and its Kangxi radical is 水 (water), number 85. Hashidari places it at JLPT N1. Japanese students learn it in junior high and high school.

No official JLPT kanji list exists: the level is Hashidari's own placement. How we place kanji

JLPT N1 kanji list · Secondary school kanji list (jōyō kanji after grade 6) · All kanji