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Simplified

卷 ( 卷, 捲 )

juǎn

Definition

to roll up
roll
classifier (for small rolled things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc))
measure word
to roll (up)
to sweep up
to carry on

Other pronunciations

juàn

scroll
book
volume
chapter
examination paper
classifier (for books, paintings: volume, scroll)
measure word

Character Decomposition

Compounds (11)

circle; ring; loop; classifier (for loops, orbits, laps of race etc); measure word; to surround; to circle

tired

to curl up (like a scroll); to huddle; Melania libertina; wriggle (as a worm)

to confine; to lock up; to pen in

pen (pig); a fold

bound in a league

to curl; curled

bowl

earnest

to bend iron

to curl up

Related words (58)

cirrus (cloud)

to be drawn into; to be involved in

curved blade

to curl hair; curly hair; wavy hair

steamed roll; spring roll

tape measure; tape rule

to bundle up

tape

a whirlwind

to curl (hair); to crimp; to roll up; curly

cigarette; cigar

to wind; to coil; to spool; to loop around; winding

to wrap up; (fig.) to envelop; to swallow up

to roll up; to curl up; to furl (a flag, umbrella etc); to swirl (of dust, wind, sandstorm etc); twist (in gymnastics)

to hem; hem; to curl (at the edge)

to bundle up valuables and abscond

tendril

rolled-up pastry; roll; turnover (patisserie)

hair curler

to plunder the land and extort from the peasant; corrupt practice

juǎn céng yún

cirrostratus (cloud); also written 卷层云; also written 卷层云

juǎn lián mén

roll-up door

juǎn xīn cài

cabbage

juǎn yáng jī

a capstan

cirrocumulus (cloud)

pencil sharpener (blade-only type)

juǎn xiàn qì

fishing reel

to pack and quit; to be sacked

juǎn yǔ tí hú

(bird species of China) Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus)

juǎn shé yuán yīn

retroflex vowel (e.g. the final r of putonghua)

卷铺盖走人

juǎn pū gài zǒu rén

to pack one's things and leave

hair roller; curl (of hair)

to engulf; to sweep; to carry away everything

color film; lottery ticket; abbr. for 彩色胶卷

hand scroll (horizontal format for Chinese landscape painting); hand roll (Japanese: temaki, style of fish cuisine); hand rolled cigarette; hand roll (many contexts); roll up

egg roll; spring roll

picture scroll

to spin; to whirl around

film; roll of film; also written 膠捲|胶卷

moxa cigar; moxa roll (TCM)

egg roll

to flutter

tornado; waterspout; twister

bìng juǎn jī

ribbon lap machine

shuǐ lóng juǎn

waterspout (meteorology)

huī juǎn wěi

(bird species of China) ashy drongo (Dicrurus leucophaeus)

cigarette

jiān dàn juǎn

omelet

silk thread roll, steamed bun from Shandong province bun with hand-drawn dough threads folded over

hēi juǎn wěi

(bird species of China) black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)

lóng juǎn fēng

tornado; hurricane; twister; cyclone

qiān jīng wàn juǎn

(lit.) a thousand sutras, ten thousand scrolls; fig. the vast Buddhist canon

fà guān juǎn wěi

(bird species of China) hair-crested drongo (Dicrurus hottentottus)

wēi suō jiāo juǎn

microfilm

pū gài juǎn r

bedroll

古铜色卷尾

gǔ tóng sè juǎn wěi

(bird species of China) bronzed drongo (Dicrurus aeneus)

行万里路胜读万卷书

xíng wàn lǐ lù shèng dú wàn juǎn shū

to travel a thousand miles beats reading a thousand books

Idioms (1)

juǎn tǔ chóng lái

(lit.) to return in a swirl of dust (idiom); (fig.) to regroup and come back even stronger; to make a comeback

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