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巻 — 9 strokes / Radical「己」

道
5Elementary year 6 / 9 strokes / Radical「己」
On
カンかん · kan
Kun
ま(く)・まきma(ku) · maki
Meaning
to roll up; volume; scroll

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Two hands with 己 "to curl"; rolling paper up in both hands — hence "to roll, a scroll."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onカンかんkan巻頭かんとう圧巻あっかん一巻いちかん
Kunまくmaku巻くまく巻き貝まきがい
Kunまきmaki巻の一まきのいち

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 巻末かんまつ

    end of a book

  • 上巻じょうかん

    first volume

More words with this kanji

  • 巻き尺まきじゃく
  • 竜巻たつまき
  • 渦巻きうずまき
  • 鉢巻はちまき

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

地図(ちず)をくるくる巻(ま)いた。

I rolled the map up.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

上巻巻末巻上up末end己onesel…巳the Sn…已to cea…巨gigant…巫a sham…干to dry看to wat…簡simple甘sweet甲armour
CompoundRadicalReading

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