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卷

Mandarin · pinyin juǎn#

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)

Mandarin · pinyin juàn#

scroll
book
volume
chapter
examination paper
classifier for books, paintings: volume, scroll

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卷: juǎn · scroll; curl; make a comeback

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3 · juan3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gyun2 · gyun3 · kyun4

Cantonese word readings for 卷. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character · Etymology 1

(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 捲 /卷 (juǎn)

character · Etymology 2

reel of books
book; scroll
volume; chapter; fascicle
(computing) volume
examination paper (Classifier: 份 c)
Classifier for volume or chapter of books.

character · Etymology 3

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to bend (especially of knees); to curve; to flex; original form of 蜷 (quán)
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) honest; sincere
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 婘 (quán, “fine; good”)

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