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Kanji Detail for 捲 - "roll, wind, sweep"
捲
- Meaning
捲 means "roll, wind, sweep."
To roll - To wind up; to coil around.
To roll up - To curl from the edge upward.
To peel - To strip away; to remove by lifting.
- 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
- Kunyomi
- Strokes
- Radical
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Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
私はその時この燈火が音のしない渦の中に、自然と捲き込まれている事に気が付かなかった。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私の周囲を取り捲いている青年の顔を見ると、世帯染みたものは一人もいません。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私の周囲を取り捲いている青年の顔を見ると、世帯染みたものは一人もいません。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha