巻

meaningscroll, volume, book, part, roll up, wind up, tie, coil, counter for texts (or book scrolls)

On'yomi
カン、ケン
Kun'yomi
ま.く、まき、ま.き
Strokes
9
Taught in
Japanese grade 6
Frequency
#944 most common in newspapers

Words it lives in

巻
  • 巻き込むまきこむto roll up
  • 巻き返しまきかえしrally
  • 巻末かんまつend of a book
  • 巻まきroll
  • 圧巻あっかんhighlight
  • 絵巻えまきpicture scroll
  • 席巻せっけんsweeping
  • 巻き添えまきぞえgetting mixed up in

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