卷 — Chinese character
卷
juǎn
book, scroll, volume; curled up; to curl, to roll
- Pinyin
- juǎn
- Radical
- 26 ⼙ (Seal)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 龹 㔾
- Formation
- ideographic — A curled up scroll 㔾
- Traditional
- 捲
- Japanese
- 卷 as a kanji
Common words with 卷
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 卷入 (捲入) | juǎn rù | to be drawn into; to be involved in |
| 席卷 (席捲) | xí juǎn | to engulf; to sweep |
| 问卷 (問卷) | wèn juàn | questionnaire; measure word: 份 (fèn) |
| 试卷 (試卷) | shì juàn | examination paper; test paper |
| 龙卷风 (龍捲風) | lóng juǎn fēng | tornado; hurricane |
| 卷烟 (卷煙) | juǎn yān | cigarette; cigar |
| 胶卷 (膠卷) | jiāo juǎn | roll of film |
| 胶卷 (膠捲) | jiāo juǎn | variant of 胶卷 (jiāo juǎn) |
| 卷轴 (卷軸) | juàn zhóu | scroll (book or painting) |
| 考卷 | kǎo juàn | exam paper |
| 卷土重来 (卷土重來) | juǎn tǔ chóng lái | lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom); fig. to regroup and come back even stronger |
| 卷发 (捲髮) | juǎn fà | curly hair; to curl hair |
English words written with 卷
卷 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 1 · Art of War 1 · Zhuangzi 8
- Analects 15.6
- Art of War 7.7
- Zhuangzi Transcendental Bliss
- Zhuangzi On Letting Alone
- Zhuangzi Hsü Wu Kuei
- Zhuangzi On Declining Power
- Zhuangzi Robber Chê
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