The Chinese Radical: 卷


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Meaning
to roll (up), sweep up    卷

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 5
confined, circle, loop, to lock up, surround
juān, juàn, quān
Outside: enclosure , inside: spool (border guard [person with high lifted arms and two barrier bars ], slumped person )
In an enclosure a guard secures a slumped person, that is confined.
JLPT HSK 5
to roll (up), reel, spool, to sweep up
juǎn, juàn
Top: border guard (Here: roll with spindle and sth. wound around), bottom: crouching person
Roll on which something, like a crouching person, is rolled on.
JLPT HSK 6
tired
juàn
Left: person , right: reel, spool (border guard [= person with high lifted arms and two barrier bars ], slumped person -)
When a person as a security guard lifted the arms and then slumps down, he is tired.
JLPT no HSK
to curl up (like a scroll), to huddle, wriggle (as a worm)
quán
Left: insect , right: to roll (up), reel (Spindle on which something , like a crouching person , is rolled on.)
The insect is 'rolled up', when it curls.

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