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卷

卷

卷 U+5377, 卷
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5377
← 卶
[U+5376] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 卸 →
[U+5378]
See also: 巻 and 捲

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

卷 (radical 26 卩+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 火手尸山 (FQSU), four-corner 90712)

  1. to make a comeback(Can we verify(+) this sense?)

References

  • KangXi: page 159, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2860
  • Dae Jaweon: page 365, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 315, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+5377

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 卷
alt. forms 巻

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (卷) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
腃 *kʰruls, *ɡron
卷 *ɡron, *kronʔ, *krons, *ɡonʔ
菤 *kronʔ
捲 *kronʔ, *krons, *ɡron
埢 *kronʔ
睠 *krons
弮 *kʰron, *krons
犈 *krons, *ɡron
棬 *kʰron
鬈 *kʰron, *ɡron
圈 *kʰron, *ɡronʔ, *kʰon, *ɡlonʔ, *ɡlons
蜷 *ɡron
踡 *ɡron
婘 *ɡron
蔨 *ɡronʔ, *ɡrunʔ
倦 *ɡrons
淃 *ɡrons
綣 *kʰonʔ, *kʰons
裷 *kʰonʔ, *qon

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡron, *kronʔ, *krons, *ɡonʔ) : phonetic 龹 + semantic 卩.

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 卷
Reading # 3/4
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 仙 (80)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) Chongniu III
Fanqie 居轉切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kˠiuᴇnX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kʷᵚiɛnX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kiuænX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kwianX/
Li
Rong		 /kjuɛnX/
Wang
Li		 /kĭwɛnX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ki̯wɛnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 juǎn
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 卷
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 juǎn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ kjwenX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[k](r)o[n]ʔ/
English roll (v.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 卷
Reading # 2/4
No. 7178
Phonetic
component		 卷
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 3
Corresponding
MC rime		 卷
Old
Chinese		 /*kronʔ/
Notes 本聲

Definitions

卷

  1. Alternative form of 捲／卷 (juǎn, “to roll up; to roll”).
  2. Alternative form of 捲／卷 (juǎn, “to sweep up; to carry along; to sweep away”).
  3. Alternative form of 捲／卷 (juǎn, “to embroil; to involve”).
  4. Alternative form of 捲／卷 (juǎn, “roll; cylinder; tube; scroll”).
  5. Classifier for rolled objects: rolls, reels

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 卷 卷
Reading # 2/4 4/4
Initial (聲) 群 (30) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 元 (66) 仙 (80)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division (等) III Chongniu III
Fanqie 求晚切 居倦切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɡʉɐnX/ /kˠiuᴇnH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɡʷiɐnX/ /kʷᵚiɛnH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɡiuɐnX/ /kiuænH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /guanX/ /kwianH/
Li
Rong		 /ɡiuɐnX/ /kjuɛnH/
Wang
Li		 /ɡĭwɐnX/ /kĭwɛnH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /gi̯wɐnX/ /ki̯wɛnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 juàn juàn
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 卷 卷
Reading # 4/4 3/4
No. 7206 7182
Phonetic
component		 卷 卷
Rime
group		 元 元
Rime
subdivision		 3 3
Corresponding
MC rime		 𧯦 眷
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡonʔ/ /*krons/
Notes 同弮：書卷

Definitions

卷

  1. reel of books
  2. book; scroll
  3. volume; chapter
  4. examination paper
  5. Classifier for volume or chapter of books.

Compounds

Pronunciation 3

Rime
Character 卷
Reading # 1/4
Initial (聲) 群 (30)
Final (韻) 仙 (80)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) Chongniu III
Fanqie 巨員切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɡˠiuᴇn/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɡʷᵚiɛn/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɡiuæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /gwian/
Li
Rong		 /ɡjuɛn/
Wang
Li		 /ɡĭwɛn/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /gi̯wɛn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 quán
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 卷
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 quán
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ gjwen ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[ɡ]ʷren/
English handsome

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 卷
Reading # 1/4
No. 7166
Phonetic
component
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 3
Corresponding
MC rime		 權
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡron/

Definitions

卷

  1. † to bend (especially of knees); to curve; to flex
  2. †honest; sincere
  3. Alternative form of 婘 (“fine; good”).

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

卷

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

卷 • ‎(gwon) (hangeul 권, revised gwon, McCune-Reischauer kwŏn)

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Vietnamese

Han character

卷 (quyển, cuốn, quấn)

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