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to roll (up), sweep up 卷
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The 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.
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Used in these characters:
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圈
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| confined, circle, loop, to lock up, surround
juān, juàn, quān
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囗
卷
龹
㔾
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Outside: enclosure 囗, inside: reel, spool 卷 (border guard 龹 [person 人 with high lifted arms 丷 and two barrier bars 二], slumped person 㔾)
In an enclosure the guard controls/guards a slumped person, that is thus confined.
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卷
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to roll (up), reel, spool, to sweep up
juǎn, juàn
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卷
龹
㔾
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Top: border guard 龹 (Here: roll with spindle ノ and sth. wound 二 around), bottom: crouching person 㔾
A roll on which something is (like a crouching person) rolled on.
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倦
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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juàn
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亻
卷
龹
㔾
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Left: person 亻, right: reel, spool 卷 (border guard 龹 [= person 人 with high lifted arms 丷 and two barrier bars 二], slumped person 㔾-)
When a person as a security guard first lifted the arms and then slumps down, he got tired.
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蜷
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to curl up (like a scroll), to huddle, wriggle (as a worm)
quán
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虫
卷
龹
㔾
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Left: insect 虫, right: to roll (up), reel 卷 (Spindle ノ on which something 二, like a crouching person 㔾, is rolled on.)
The insect is 'rolled up', when it curls.
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