捲 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

形声。「手」+音符「卷」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

roll, wind, coil, turn pages, roll up sleeves, strip off, be turned, be rolled up

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ケン
Kun (native)
  • ま(く)
  • ま(くる)
  • まく(る)
  • めく(る)
  • まく(れる)
Other languages
  • 拼音juan3
  • 한글gweon
  • Hán-ViệtQuyển
  • Hán-ViệtQuyền

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
手(て)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+6372

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰扌卷

Words using this kanji

  • 捲るまくるto turn up, to roll up (e.g. sleeves), to do over and over again, to do relentlessly
  • 捲るめくるto turn over, to turn (pages), to leaf through (a book, etc.), to tear off
  • 捲縮けんしゅくcrimp, crinkle, waviness
  • 捲りまくりunframed painting, unframed drawing, suddenly coming up from behind and overtaking on the outside (keirin)
  • 捲りめくりprogram board (concert, theatrical production), act-announcement sheets, mekuri karuta
  • 捲れるまくれるto be turned up, to be turned inside out, to ride up, to be lifted (e.g. by wind)
  • 捲土重来けんどちょうらいいちど敗れた者がふたたび力を盛り返し、反撃に転じること。「けんどじゅうらい」とも。転じて、ものごとに一度失敗した者が再起を期して準備をととのえ、再挑戦してくること。recouping one's strength for a renewed attack, making another attempt with redoubled efforts
  • 捲し上げるまくしあげるto tuck (e.g. sleeves), to roll up
  • 捲りカルタめくりカルタmekuri karuta, hanafuda

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(14 results)

Similar-looking kanji

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-8
Four Corner
5901.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3c8.9
Nelson
1933