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juǎn

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juǎn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
juǎn | juan3
English translation
curl, roll up; curly, rolled up

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About juǎn

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

juǎn

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Etymology of juǎn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

扌卷

Semantic compound

shǒu

Phonetic compound

juǎn

Explanation

Pictograph of two hands rolling rice into a ball. jié (kneeling person) is a meaning component.

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Words with juǎn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
juǎn roll juǎn
卷入 juǎn rù to be drawn into捲入
试卷 shìjuàn test paper試卷
问卷 wèn juàn questionnaire問卷
龙卷风 lóng juǎn fēng tornado龍捲風
席卷 xí juǎn to engulf席捲
卷发 juǎn fà to curl hair捲髮
胶卷 jiāo juǎn film膠卷
卷烟 juǎn yān cigarette卷煙
蛋卷 dàn juǎn egg roll蛋卷 dàn juǎn
卷土重来 juǎn tǔ chóng lái to make a comeback卷土重來
卷子 juǎn zi steamed roll卷子 juǎn zi
卷心菜 juǎn xīn cài cabbage卷心菜 juǎn xīn cài
卷宗 juàn zōng file卷宗 juàn zōng
卷轴 juàn zhóu scroll (book or painting)卷軸
答卷 dá juàn answer sheet答卷 dá juàn
卷起 juǎn qǐ to roll up捲起
考卷 kǎo juàn exam paper考卷 kǎo juàn
画卷 huà juǎn picture scroll畫卷
案卷 àn juàn records案卷 àn juàn
阅卷 yuè juàn to grade exam papers閱卷
春卷 chūn juǎn egg roll春捲
卷曲 juǎn qū to crimp捲曲
交卷 jiāo juàn to hand in one's examination script交卷 jiāo juàn

juǎn Decomposition & Compounds

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