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Translingual
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)
Derived characters
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
Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 巻 – see 卷 (“reel of books; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 卷). |
Japanese
Kanji
巻
(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 卷)
Readings
Compounds
- 渦巻, 渦巻き (uzumaki, “spiral, whirlpool, eddy”)
- 竜巻 (tatsumaki)
- 巻物 (makimono)
- 鳴門巻き (narutomaki), なると巻き (narutomaki), なるとまき (narutomaki), ナルトマキ (narutomaki, “a type of kamaboko”)
- 巻層雲 (kensōun, “cirrostratus cloud”)
- 巻積雲 (kensekiun, “cirrocumulus cloud”)
- 巻雲 (ken'un), 巻雲 (makigumo, “cirrus cloud”)
- 渦巻線 (uzumakisen, “a spiral”)
- 葉巻 (hamaki, “a cigar”)
Etymology 1
Alternative spelling
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卷 (kyūjitai)
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From Middle Chinese 卷 (MC gjwen|gjwonX|kjwenX|kjwenH).
Pronunciation
Noun
巻 • (kan) ←くわん (kwan)?
- scroll
- book
Affix
巻 • (kan) ←くわん (kwan)?
- reel of books
- book; scroll
- volume; chapter
Counter
巻 • (-kan) ←くわん (-kwan)?
- volume of a book
- reel of a film
Etymology 2
Alternative spelling
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卷 (kyūjitai)
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For pronunciation and definitions of 巻 – see the following entry.
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【まき】
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- winding
- roll
- a scroll or book
- a volume or chapter in a larger book or series
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(This term, 巻, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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References
Korean
Hanja
巻 • (gwon) (hangeul 권, revised gwon, McCune–Reischauer kwŏn)
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