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Kanji Detail for 卷 - "roll, volume"
卷
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Meaning
卷 means "roll, volume." Also associated with fist.
Roll - To curl up; to wind.
Volume - A book; a scroll.
Fist - A clenched hand.
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Tattoo check: 卷
- Verified meaning: roll, volume
- Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
- Also carries these associations: fist
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.
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
volume; book; part
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
scroll; curl; make a comeback
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to roll up; (fig.) to sweep up; to engulf; to drag into (a situation); (slang) to compete to an unhealthy degree; hypercompetitive; a roll; classifier for small rolled-up things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc)
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
book, scroll, volume; curled up; to curl, to roll
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Paintings and calligraphy mounted to be rolled and unrolled are called 卷. Such as 手卷, 卷子. | Book scrolls. Ancient books mostly used scrolls, hence 卷. Such as 黃卷青燈 (yellow scrolls and green lamp). Today, dividing into volumes is called 分卷, continuing the name. | Examination papers with written answers are called 卷. Submitting the finished paper is called 交卷. | Official documents kept in archives for inspection are also called 卷. Such as 案卷, 卷宗. | To roll up. (Analects) "When the state is without the Way, then one can roll it up and keep it." The 卷 of rolling and unrolling is also written as 捲. | Curved. Also same as 拳. (Doctrine of the Mean) "The abundance of a single curled stone."
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