Chinese Character 捲 Meanings and components.

Form

捲

Meaning

捲 meaning[3] in English

To Roll (Up).

To Sweep Up.

To Carry On.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 捲 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and Japanese variant of … (巻)

Its radical[1] is: 手 (shou3) which means: Hand, (Formal) To Hold, Person Engaged In Certain Types Of Work, Person Skilled In Certain Types Of Work, Personal(Ly), Convenient, Classifier For Skill, Cl:雙|双[Shuang1],隻|只[Zhi1], .手shou3hand

In cangjie it is written with QFQU

How to write 捲

To write捲juan3to roll … you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 巻juan4Japanese variant … arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 巻 = 捲

捲 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

捲
Pinyin:juan3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Roll (Up) . To Sweep Up . To Carry On . Roll
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
巻
Pinyin:juan4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Japanese Variant Of 卷
龹
Pinyin:龹5 Shape:一
己
Pinyin:ji3
Meaning[3]: Self . Oneself . Sixth Of The Ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[Shi2 Tian1 Gan1] . Sixth In Order . Letter 'F' Or Roman 'Vi' In List 'A, B, C', Or 'I, Ii, Iii' Etc . Hexa

Notes

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

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

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