Chinese Character Wiki
卷

juǎn, juàn

curl, roll

Phonosemantic compound. 龹 represents the sound and 卩 represents the meaning.

Components
龹 sound component

龹  Sound component

juǎn

  

to roll rice into ball

卩 meaning component

卩  Meaning component

jié

  

person kneeling

Depicts a person with bent knees.

Evolution

卷 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
卷 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
卷 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
卷 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

卷  

juǎn

scroll; curl; make a comeback; to roll up; roll; classifier for small rolled things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc)

卷  

juàn

book; volume; chapter; examination paper; classifier for books, paintings: volume, scroll

卷 (捲) 

juǎn

to roll (up); to sweep up; to carry on

Most common words with 卷
Freq.
Word
Meaning

卷

roll

卷入

to be drawn into

试卷

test paper

问卷

questionnaire

龙卷风

tornado

Component uses

Meaning component in 5 characters (2 verified)

捲 圈 倦 蜷 鬈

Sound component in 9 characters (2 verified)

捲 圈 倦 蜷 綣 绻 鬈 锩 惓

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[k](r)o[n]ʔ

kjwenX

juǎn

roll (v.)

*[g]ʷren

gjwen

quán

handsome


Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 30.0336% of movies

1196th most common character in movies

1016th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+5377

Shuowen

“卷，厀曲也。从卪，聲。”


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