Memory phrase for the character: 卷
卷
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
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Roll on which something, like a crouching person, is rolled on. Radicals
卷
to roll (up), sweep up
龹
border guard The border guard is a person 人 with high lifted arms 二 . This is visible in 'border guard' 関 (in Japanese only)
㔾
slumped person (Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting 匕 , sitting cross-legged 夂 , lying 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
3795
卷扬机 juǎn yáng jī
a capstan
3796
卷烟 juǎn yān
cigarette; cigar
3797
卷烟 juǎn yān
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) and two barrier bars 二. This is visible in 'border guard' 関 (in Japanese only)
, kneeling ⺈, skilled才, bending マ,卩, or husband 夫)
