巻

See also: 卷, 捲, and 巷

Translingual

Japanese	巻
Simplified	卷
Traditional	卷

Alternative forms

Note that in Chinese, the bottom is 㔾, while in Japanese, the bottom is 己.

Han character

巻 (Kangxi radical 49, 己+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 火手尸山 (FQSU) or 難火手尸山 (XFQSU), composition ⿱龹己)

References

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

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 巻 – see 卷. (This character is a variant form of 卷).

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Japanese

Shinjitai	巻
Kyūjitai	卷

Kanji

巻

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 卷)

Readings

• Go-on: けん (ken)
• Kan-on: けん (ken)
• Kan’yō-on: かん (kan, Jōyō)
• Kun: まき (maki, 巻, Jōyō); まく (maku, 巻く, Jōyō); まき (maki, 巻き)

Compounds

• 渦(うず)巻(まき), 渦(うず)巻(ま)き (uzumaki, “spiral, whirlpool, eddy”)
• 竜(たつ)巻(まき) (tatsumaki)
• 巻(まき)物(もの) (makimono)
• 鳴(なる)門(と)巻(ま)き (narutomaki), なると巻(ま)き (narutomaki), なるとまき (narutomaki), ナルトマキ (narutomaki, “a type of kamaboko”)
• 巻(けん)層(そう)雲(うん) (kensōun, “cirrostratus cloud”)
• 巻(けん)積(せき)雲(うん) (kensekiun, “cirrocumulus cloud”)
• 巻(けん)雲(うん) (ken'un), 巻(まき)雲(ぐも) (makigumo, “cirrus cloud”)
• 渦(うず)巻(まき)線(せん) (uzumakisen, “a spiral”)
• 葉(は)巻(まき) (hamaki, “a cigar”)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
巻
かん Grade: 6
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
卷 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 卷 (MC gjwen|gjwonX|kjwenX|kjwenH).

Noun

1. scroll
2. book

Affix

1. reel of books
2. book; scroll
3. volume; chapter

Counter

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

Etymology 2

Noun

巻(まき) • (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

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Korean

Hanja

巻 • (gwon) (hangeul 권, revised gwon, McCune–Reischauer kwŏn)

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