卷 · juǎn
scroll; curl; make a comeback
Meanings & readings
Meaning & readings
scroll; curl; make a comeback
- Mandarin
- juǎn
- Cantonese
- gyun2
Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.
Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese
Readings recorded for 卷 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.
Japanese 日本語
Grouped by the source’s kana notation; no frequency ranking is implied.
On’yomi · katakana
Kun’yomi · hiragana
Katakana generally indicates on’yomi; hiragana generally indicates kun’yomi. The source does not identify everyday, rare, historical or name use per reading. Kana strings are preserved, including any written endings; consult a Japanese word entry for actual use.
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Korean 한국어
Hanja readings · Hangul
Source codes are separated below. They are neither sounds nor tones; a character reading alone does not specify a whole word’s pronunciation.
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Reading sources explained
- 권
- KS X 1001 (0) · Educational Hanja (E)
Vietnamese Tiếng Việt
Character readings · Quốc ngữ
Vietnamese readings associated with this Han character. This field alone does not establish word meanings, current usage, or a complete account of Hán-Nôm reading traditions.
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Form & structure
Writing & identity
- Unicode
- U+5377
- Radical
- 卩 · 26
- Strokes
- 8 · Unihan
- Residual
- 6
Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.
Stroke order
8 strokesModern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.
Graphical structure
How to read these symbols
⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.
BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.
Words & connections
Words using 卷
Character connections
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History & distinctions
Related forms
捲
Unihan traditional/simplified variant properties. Conversion may depend on context.
Historical readings
- Middle Chinese
- gjwen · 巨員 反切 · #638
- Middle Chinese
- gjwonX · 求晚 反切 · #1525
- Middle Chinese
- kjwenX · 居轉 反切 · #1645
- Middle Chinese
- kjwenH · 居倦 反切 · #2729
Guangyun-based transcriptions · PHONO-ML · CC BY 4.0. These describe historical reading categories, not modern word pronunciation.
Source row & reading categories
CSV line 5124 · gjwen = 山合三平仙群 · gjwonX = 山合三上元群 · kjwenX = 山合三上仙見 · kjwenH = 山合三去仙見
Automatically generated in the source dataset; the authors checked a subset and acknowledge possible errors. All source readings are retained separately. Notation & method ↗
Sources & reference
Evidence & next depth
Retained Unihan properties
- kMandarin
- juǎn
- kCantonese
- gyun2
- kDefinition
- scroll; curl; make a comeback
- kTotalStrokes
- 8
- kRSUnicode
- 26.6
- kTraditionalVariant
- U+5377 U+6372
- kSimplifiedVariant
- U+5377
- kGradeLevel
- 3
- kTGH
- 2013:1231
Readings across dictionaries
- Hanyu Da Zidian
- juǎn,juàn,quán,quān,gǔn,jùn 10315.030
- Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
- juǎn 0616.140 · juàn 0617.050
- Tongyong Guifan · 2013
- juǎn 187.050 · juàn 187.070
- Reading counts · XDHYPLCD
- juǎn(115) juàn(14)
- Mandarin / Cantonese · SMSZD
- juǎn粵gyun2 quán粵kyun1
Reference desk
- Fanqie spellings
- 巨員 求晚 居轉 居倦
- Kangxi positions
- 0159.230
- Guangyun positions
- 143.11 281.17 293.38 410.35
- GSR references
- 0226a
- Cangjie
- FQSU
- Four-corner
- 9071.2