巻

roll; volume; scroll; book; part; roll up; wind up; tie

9 strokes. Taught in grade 6. Newspaper frequency rank 944.

Readings

• まき (kun reading): 巻き込む (まきこむ) to involve; 巻 (まき) roll (e.g. of cloth)
• カン (on reading): 巻 (かん) volume (of book); 全巻 (ぜんかん) complete set (of volumes)
• まく (kun reading): 巻く (まく) to wind; 取り巻く (とりまく) to surround
• ケン (on reading): 席巻 (せっけん) sweeping (over, across); 巻雲 (けんうん) cirrus (cloud)
• Read as a whole word: 巻子 (へそ) bobbin

Components

• 𠔉
• 己
• 二 radical two
• 丷 radical horns, inverted eight
• 大 radical big
• 已 radical oneself; already, 己 forms

Kanji containing 巻

• 圏 sphere
• 捲 roll

Words using 巻

• 巻き込む (まきこむ) to involve
• 巻 (まき) roll (e.g. of cloth)
• 絵巻 (えまき) picture scroll
• 葉巻 (はまき) cigar
• 竜巻 (たつまき) tornado
• 巻 (かん) volume (of book)
• 全巻 (ぜんかん) complete set (of volumes)
• 巻末 (かんまつ) end of a book
• 巻頭 (かんとう) beginning (of a book, magazine, etc.)
• 前巻 (ぜんかん) previous volume
• 巻く (まく) to wind
• 取り巻く (とりまく) to surround
• 渦巻く (うずまく) to whirl
• 息巻く (いきまく) to rage
• くだを巻く (くだをまく) to babble in one's cups
• 席巻 (せっけん) sweeping (over, across)
• 巻雲 (けんうん) cirrus (cloud)
• 巻積雲 (けんせきうん) cirrocumulus
• 巻回 (けんかい) to wind around
• 巻纓 (けんえい) rolled tail (of a traditional Japanese hat)
• 巻子 (へそ) bobbin
• 八巻 (はちまち) turban-like hat worn by officials in the Ryūkyū Kingdom

198 words in all.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists