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卷

juàn

HSK 5 Character

What 卷 means

1. scroll
2. book
3. volume
4. chapter
5. examination paper
6. classifier for books, paintings: volume, scroll

Other readings

卷 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• juǎnto roll up; (fig.) to sweep up; to engulf; to drag into (a situation); to compete to an un
• juǎnto roll up; to sweep up; to carry along; a roll

Example sentences

• 我喜欢卷发。
  Wǒ xǐhuan juǎnfà.
  I like curls.
• 汤姆在批卷子。
  Tom is correcting exam papers.
• 卷起你的袖子。
  Roll up your sleeves.
• 卷心菜可以生吃。
  Juǎnxīncài kěyǐ shēng chī.
  The cabbage can be eaten raw.
• 莱拉开始卷头发。
  Layla started curling her hair.
• 他被卷进了是非中。
  Tā bèi juǎn jìn le shìfēi zhōng.
  He was involved in the trouble.

Words starting with 卷

• 卷子juǎn zisteamed roll; spring roll
• 卷入juǎn rùto be drawn into; to be involved in
• 卷起juǎn qǐto roll up; to curl up; (of dust etc) to swirl up
• 卷发juǎn fàcurly hair; to curl hair
• 卷宗juàn zōngfile; folder; dossier
• 卷土重来juǎn tǔ chóng láilit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom); fig. to regroup and come back even stronger…
• 卷烟juǎn yāncigarette; cigar
• 卷曲juǎn qūto curl (hair); to crimp; to roll up
• 卷轴juàn zhóuscroll (book or painting)
• 卷巴juǎn bāto bundle up
• 卷纸juǎn zhǐtoilet roll
• 卷云juǎn yúncirrus (cloud)
• 卷须juǎn xūtendril
• 卷带juǎn dàitape
• 卷边juǎn biānto hem; hem; to curl (at the edge)
• 卷门juǎn ménrolling door; roll-up shutter (of a shopfront, garage, warehouse etc)
• 卷地皮juǎn dì píto plunder the land and extort from the peasant; corrupt practice
• 卷层云juǎn céng yúncirrostratus (cloud); also written 卷层云
• 卷心菜juǎn xīn càicabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata)
• 卷积云juǎn jī yúncirrocumulus (cloud)
• 卷线器juǎn xiàn qìfishing reel
• 卷发器juǎn fà qìhair curler
• 卷发棒juǎn fà bàngcurling iron
• 卷扬juǎn yánga whirlwind

Words containing 卷

• 试卷shì juànexamination paper; test paper
• 胶卷jiāo juǎnroll of film
• 问卷wèn juànquestionnaire
• 席卷xí juǎnto engulf; to sweep; to carry away everything
• 答卷dá juàncompleted examination paper; answer sheet
• 考卷kǎo juànexam paper
• 阅卷yuè juànto grade exam papers; to review case files
• 交卷jiāo juànto hand in one's examination script
• 龙卷风lóng juǎn fēngtornado; hurricane; twister
• 画卷huà juànpicture scroll; (fig.) panorama; vivid tableau
• 烟卷yān juǎncigarette; cigar
• 开卷kāi juànto open a book; open-book (exam)
• 评卷píng juànto grade exam papers
• 案卷àn juànrecords; files; archives
• 书卷气shū juàn qìscholarly flavor; educated appearance
• 花卷huā juǎnChinese steamed twisted bread roll
• 翻卷fān juǎnto spin; to whirl around
• 中卷zhōng juǎnadult squid, typically more than 15 cm long with a slender body and fins in the shape of…
• 内卷nèi juǎn(embryology) to involute; involution; (neologism, attested by 2017) (of a society) to…
• 小卷xiǎo juǎnyoung squid (Tw)
• 彩卷cǎi juǎncolor film; abbr. for 彩色胶卷; lottery ticket
• 手卷shǒu juànhand scroll
• 批卷pī juànto correct student papers; to grade exam papers
• 书卷shū juànvolume; scroll

Characters built on 龹

These share the phonetic component 龹 (), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 券quànbond (esp. document split in two, with each party holding one half); contract…
• 拳quánfist; boxing
• 眷juàn(bound form) one's family, esp. wife and children; (literary) to regard with love and…
• 劵juànold variant of 倦
• 豢huànto rear; to raise (animals)

Characters that look like 卷

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 毒dúpoison; to poison; poisonous
• 急jíurgent; pressing; rapid
• 妻qī(bound form) wife
• 姜jiāngginger
• 娄Lóusurname Lou; one of the 28 lunar mansions in Chinese astronomy
• 劵juànold variant of 倦

Sounds the same

Read juàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 倦tired; weary; fatigued
• 隽meaningful; significant
• 绢thin, tough silk fabric
• 眷(bound form) one's family, esp. wife and children; (literary) to regard with love and…
• 鄄used in 鄄城
• 圈livestock enclosure; pen; fold; sty
• 狷impetuous; rash; upright (character)
• 帣a bag which holds 30 pecks (i.e. approx 3 kg dry measure)
• 罥bird catching net; to bind; to hang
• 睊look
• 锩to bend iron
• 餋to offer sacrifices