渦

涡

渦

guo̅ = gu + o1

name of a river

涡

渦

wo̅ = w + o1

eddy / whirlpool

渦 character breakdown

渦
- 咼
  - 口
  - 冎
    - 冂
      - 丨
      - ㇆
        
        一
        
        亅
    - 口
    - 囗
- 氵
  - ⺀
    - 丶
  - ㇀

呙

咼

guo̅ = gu + o1

surname Guo

呙

咼

wa̅i = w + ai1

lopsided / Taiwan pr. [kuai1]

呙 = 内 + 口 : Willy Walrus (w) has been accused of stealing two mandarins (口) in front of the airplane (ai1). He refuses to open his bag, so the arriving police has to put him into a CT (内) to see into (内) his bag. On the CT screen they see Willy Walrus and two lopsided (呙) mandarins in his bag.

氵

shuǐ = shu + ei3

"water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85), occurring in 沒|没[mei2], 法[fa3], 流[liu2] etc / see also 三點水|三点水[san1 dian3 shui3]

氵 = ⺀ + ㇀ : Mnemonic symbol: a bottle of water. Sheldon Shrimp (shu) enjoys a bottle of water (氵) in the Eiffel Tower's living room (ei3). The got the water by scratching (㇀) a blossom (⺀) and catching the leaking dew in a bottle.