Chinese Character 卷 Meanings and components.

Form

卷

Meaning

卷 meaning[3] in English

To Roll Up.

Roll.

Classifier For Small Rolled Things (Wad Of Paper Money, Movie Reel Etc).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 卷 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (龹) , and 'seal' radical in … (卩)

Its radical[1] is: 卩 (jie2) which means: 'Seal' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 26), .卩jie2'seal' radical …

In cangjie it is written with FQSU

How to write 卷

To write卷juan3to roll … you should write a combination of 龹龹5 , 卩jie2'seal' radical … arranged in a 吕 shape:

龹 + 卩 = 卷

卷 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 卷 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 卷, looks as follow:

卷
Pinyin:juan3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Roll Up . Roll . Classifier For Small Rolled Things (Wad Of Paper Money, Movie Reel Etc)
龹
Pinyin:龹5 Shape:一
卩
Pinyin:jie2
Meaning[3]: 'Seal' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 26)

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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