Chinese symbol for “crimp”

卷曲

juǎn qū

Traditional: 捲曲

to curl (hair); to crimp; to roll up; curly

The closest CC-CEDICT match for crimp is 卷曲 (juǎn qū), defined as: to curl (hair); to crimp; to roll up; curly.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

卷 juǎn

book, scroll, volume; curled up; to curl, to roll

radical 26 ⼙ · 8 strokes

曲 qū

crooked, bent; wrong, false

radical 73 ⽈ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

捲 juǎn

Related words

Other words that share a character with 卷曲.

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
歌曲	gē qǔ	song
曲线 (曲線)	qū xiàn	curve; curved line

See also: Japanese symbol for “crimp”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.