Memory phrase for the character: 卷


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Meaning

to roll (up), reel, spool, to sweep up

Pronunciation

juǎn, juàn

Explanation

Top: border guard 龹 (Here: roll with spindle ノ and sth. wound 二 around), bottom: crouching person 㔾

Mnemonic


 
A roll on which something is (like a crouching person) rolled on.

Radicals

to roll (up), sweep upThe upper part 龹 is typically seen as border guard, thus as a person 人 with two batons 二 and raised arms 丷. Here, however, it is a roll 火 with two 二 windings 㔾.
border guardThe border guard is a person 人 with high lifted arms ) and two barrier bars 二. This is (Japanese only) visible in 'border guard 関'
slumped person(Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, lying , kneeling ⺈, skilled才, bending マ,卩, or husband 夫)
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 Vocabulary

卷绕 juǎn rào  to wind; to coil; to spool; to loop around; winding
卷扬机 juǎn yáng jī  a capstan
卷烟 juǎn yān  cigarette; cigar
卷烟 juǎn yān  


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