捲

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See also: 卷
捲 U+6372, 捲
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6372
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Translingual

Han character

捲 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手火手山 (QFQU), four-corner 59012, composition ⿰扌卷)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 435, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12208
  • Dae Jaweon: page 784, character 33
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1906, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+6372

Chinese

trad. 捲/卷*
simp. 卷*

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kronʔ, *krons, *ɡron) : semantic 扌 + phonetic 卷 (OC *ɡron, *kronʔ, *krons, *ɡonʔ).

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 捲 捲 捲
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Initial (聲) 群 (30) 見 (28) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 仙 (80) 仙 (80) 仙 (80)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed Closed
Division (等) III III III
Fanqie 巨員切 居轉切 居倦切
Baxter gjwen kjwenX kjwenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɡˠiuᴇn/ /kˠiuᴇnX/ /kˠiuᴇnH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɡʷᵚiɛn/ /kʷᵚiɛnX/ /kʷᵚiɛnH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɡiuæn/ /kiuænX/ /kiuænH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/gwian/ /kwianX/ /kwianH/
Li
Rong 		/ɡjuɛn/ /kjuɛnX/ /kjuɛnH/
Wang
Li 		/ɡĭwɛn/ /kĭwɛnX/ /kĭwɛnH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/gi̯wɛn/ /ki̯wɛnX/ /ki̯wɛnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		quán juǎn juàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		kyun4 gyun2 gyun3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 捲 捲 捲
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 7180 7184 7195
Phonetic
component 		卷 卷 卷
Rime
group 		元 元 元
Rime
subdivision 		3 3 3
Corresponding
MC rime 		卷 眷 權
Old
Chinese 		/*kronʔ/ /*krons/ /*ɡron/

Definitions

捲

  1. to roll; to roll up; to curl
  2. roll; cylinder; tube; scroll
  3. rolled up; curly
  4. Classifier for rolled objects: rolls, reels ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
  5. to sweep up; to carry along; to sweep away
  6. to embroil; to involve
  7. (neologism, slang) Short for 內捲／内卷 (“intense competition among peers; to study harder or work longer as a result”).

Compounds

Japanese

Shinjitai
(extended) 		Shinjitai
(extended)
捲󠄀
捲+󠄀?
(Adobe-Japan1)
捲󠄂
捲+󠄂?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
Kyūjitai 捲
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Kanji

捲

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. curl
  2. roll
  3. wind
  4. turn over (a playing card)
  5. flip through

Readings

Korean

Hanja

捲 (eum 권 (gwon))

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Vietnamese

Han character

捲: Hán Nôm readings: cuốn, quyền, cuộn, quấn, quén, quyển, quyện

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