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Kanji Detail for 捲 - "to roll, to roll up"

捲

  • Meaning

    捲 means "to roll, to roll up."

    1. To roll - To wind up; to coil around.

    2. To roll up - To curl from the edge upward.

    3. To peel - To strip away; to remove by lifting.

  • Words using 捲

    • 捲る まくる Listen to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again

  • Four-character idioms with 捲

    • 捲土重来 けんどちょうらい Listen recouping one's strength for a renewed attack; making another attempt with redoubled efforts

  • Tattoo check: 捲

    • Verified meaning: to roll, to roll up
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

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

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    curl, roll up; curly, rolled up

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to roll up; to sweep up; to carry along; a roll; classifier for rolls, spools etc

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    curl, roll up; curly, rolled up

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To roll up. Originally written as 卷. 卷舒 is also written as 捲舒. Also 席捲, meaning sweeping everything. Such as 捲逃. | 捲捲: Exerting effort. See (Zhuangzi).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ken(ケン) ケン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ma.ku(ま-く) ま-く

    maku.reru(まく-れる) まく-れる

    maku.ru(まく-る) まく-る

    meku.ru(めく-る) めく-る

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    手 扌 (te・tehen)

  • Related Keywords

    to roll to roll up unroll coil curl wind wrap twist fold revolve rotate loop entwine tuck

Sentences including 捲

  • Karen's skirt is riding up.

Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces

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