卷

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See also: 巻 and 捲
卷 U+5377, 卷
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5377
← 卶
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 卸 →

Translingual

Japanese 巻
Simplified 卷
Traditional 卷
Stroke order

Alternative forms

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

Han character

卷 (Kangxi radical 26, 卩+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 火手尸山 (FQSU), four-corner 90712, composition ⿱龹㔾(GHT) or ⿱𠔉㔾(JKV))

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 159, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2860
  • Dae Jaweon: page 365, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 315, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+5377

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (卷) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
腃 *kʰruls, *ɡron
卷 *ɡron, *kronʔ, *krons, *ɡonʔ
菤 *kronʔ
捲 *kronʔ, *krons, *ɡron
埢 *kronʔ
睠 *krons
弮 *kʰron, *krons
犈 *krons, *ɡron
棬 *kʰron
鬈 *kʰron, *ɡron
圈 *kʰron, *ɡronʔ, *kʰon, *ɡlonʔ, *ɡlons
蜷 *ɡron
踡 *ɡron
婘 *ɡron
蔨 *ɡronʔ, *ɡrunʔ
倦 *ɡrons
淃 *ɡrons
綣 *kʰonʔ, *kʰons
裷 *kʰonʔ, *qon
Characters in the same phonetic series (龹) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
潫 *qroːn, *qon, *qron
豢 *ɡroːns
勬 *kron, *krons
韏 *kronʔ, *ɡrons, *kʰons
眷 *krons
桊 *krons
絭 *krons, *kʰrons, *kons, *kʰons, *koɡ
觠 *krons, *ɡron
飬 *krons
弮 *kʰron, *krons
拳 *ɡron
卷 *ɡron, *kronʔ, *krons, *ɡonʔ
齤 *ɡron
券 *kʰons

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡron, *kronʔ, *krons, *ɡonʔ): phonetic 𢍏 (juàn) + semantic 卩 (“kneeling person”) - to bend; reel of books. The phonetic component could also add part of the meaning since it indicates the act of rolling rice into balls, hence "bending" rice. Two rather conservative variants are 𨤖 and 𠨟, in which rice is visible on top.

Now written as phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): phonetic 龹 + semantic 卩 (“kneeling person”). Similar but unrelated to 春 and 秦.

Etymology 1

trad. 卷/捲
simp. 卷
alternative forms 𠨟
𨤖

Pronunciation

Note:
  • kńg/kúiⁿ - vernacular;
  • koán - literary.
    • (Teochew)
      • Peng'im: geng2 / guêng2 / guang2 / guang6
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kṳ́ng / kuéng / kuáng / kuăng
      • Sinological IPA (key): /kɯŋ⁵²/, /kueŋ⁵²/, /kuaŋ⁵²/, /kuaŋ³⁵/
Note:
  • geng2 - vernacular;
  • guêng2 - literary (Chaozhou);
  • guang2 - literary (Jieyang, Chenghai, Chaoyang);
  • guang6 - literary (Shantou).
Rime
Character 卷
Reading # 3/4
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 仙 (80)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 居轉切
Baxter kjwenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kˠiuᴇnX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kʷᵚiɛnX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kiuænX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kwianX/
Li
Rong 		/kjuɛnX/
Wang
Li 		/kĭwɛnX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ki̯wɛnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		juǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gyun2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 卷
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		juǎn
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kjwenX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*(r)oʔ/
English roll (v.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 卷
Reading # 2/4
No. 7178
Phonetic
component 		卷
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		3
Corresponding
MC rime 		卷
Old
Chinese 		/*kronʔ/
Notes 本聲

Definitions

卷

  1. alternative form of 捲 / 卷 (juǎn)

Compounds

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.
 卷
alternative forms 𠨟
㢧
𢎥
𨤖

Pronunciation

Note:
  • kǹg - vernacular;
  • koàn - literary.
Rime
Character 卷 卷
Reading # 2/4 4/4
Initial (聲) 群 (30) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 元 (66) 仙 (80)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 求晚切 居倦切
Baxter gjwonX kjwenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɡʉɐnX/ /kˠiuᴇnH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɡʷiɐnX/ /kʷᵚiɛnH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɡiuɐnX/ /kiuænH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/guanX/ /kwianH/
Li
Rong 		/ɡiuɐnX/ /kjuɛnH/
Wang
Li 		/ɡĭwɐnX/ /kĭwɛnH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/gi̯wɐnX/ /ki̯wɛnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		juàn juàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gyun6 gyun3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 卷 卷
Reading # 4/4 3/4
No. 7206 7182
Phonetic
component 		卷 卷
Rime
group 		元 元
Rime
subdivision 		3 3
Corresponding
MC rime 		𧯦 眷
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡonʔ/ /*krons/
Notes 同弮：書卷

Definitions

卷

  1. reel of books
  2. book; scroll
  3. volume; chapter; fascicle
  4. (computing) volume
    新加卷  ―  xīnjiā juàn  ―  new volume
  5. examination paper (Classifier: 份 c)
  6. Classifier for volume or chapter of books.

Compounds

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.
 卷
alternative forms 𠨟
婘
𨤖

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 卷
Reading # 1/4
Initial (聲) 群 (30)
Final (韻) 仙 (80)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 巨員切
Baxter gjwen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɡˠiuᴇn/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɡʷᵚiɛn/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɡiuæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/gwian/
Li
Rong 		/ɡjuɛn/
Wang
Li 		/ɡĭwɛn/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/gi̯wɛn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		quán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		kyun4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 卷
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		quán
Middle
Chinese 		‹ gjwen ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ʷren/
English handsome

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 卷
Reading # 1/4
No. 7166
Phonetic
component
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		3
Corresponding
MC rime 		權
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡron/

Definitions

卷

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to bend (especially of knees); to curve; to flex; Original form of 蜷 (quán).
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) honest; sincere
  3. alternative form of 婘 (quán, “fine; good”)

Compounds

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 卷 – see 券 (“title deed; deed of trust; bond; contract; etc.”).
(This character is an obsolete form of 券).

Japanese

Shinjitai

巻

Kyūjitai

卷

Kanji

卷

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 巻)

  1. volume
  2. book
  3. scrolls

Readings

  • Go-on: けん (ken)
  • Kan-on: けん (ken)
  • Kan’yō-on: かん (kan)
  • Kun: まき (maki, 卷)、まく (maku, 卷く)

Korean

Hanja

卷 (eumhun 굽을 권 (gubeul gwon))

  1. hanja form? of 권 (“scroll”)
  2. hanja form? of 권 (“curl”)

Vietnamese

Han character

卷: Hán Nôm readings: quyển; cuốn; quấn

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