巻

See also 卷, 捲, and 巷

Translingual

Han character

巻 (radical 49 己+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 火手尸山 (FQSU), X火手尸山 (XFQSU))

1. scroll
2. curl
3. make a comeback

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 327, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8759
• Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 1, page 318, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5DFB

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Japanese

Kanji

巻 (grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: かん (kan), けん (ken)
• Kun: まき (maki)

Counter

巻 (hiragana かん, romaji -kan)

1. volume of a book
2. reel of a film

Noun

巻 (hiragana まき, romaji maki)

1. a scroll or book
2. a volume or chapter in a larger book or series
3. winding: the continuative form of 巻く

Compounds

• 渦巻 / 渦巻き (うずまき, uzumaki): spiral, whirlpool, eddy
• 巻物 (まきもの, makimono): a scroll
• 鳴門巻き / なると巻き なるとまき, ナルトマキ, narutomaki): a type of kamaboko
• 巻層雲 (けんそううん, kensōun): (meteorology) cirrostratus cloud
• 巻積雲 (けんせきうん, kensekiun): (meteorology) cirrocumulus cloud
• 巻雲 (けんうん, ken'un; or まきぐも, makigumo): cirrus cloud
• 渦巻線 (うずまきせん, uzumakisen): a spiral
• 葉巻 (はまき, hamaki): a cigar

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Korean

Hanja

巻 (hangeul 권, revised gwon, McCune-Reischauer kwŏn)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

巻 (pinyin juàn (juan4), Wade-Giles chüan⁴)