懂中文 Dong Chinese

捲

juǎn

curl, roll up

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 卷 represents the sound.

Components
扌 meaning component

扌  Meaning component

shou, shǒu

  

hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

卷 sound,meaning component

卷  Sound Meaning component

juǎn, juàn

  

curl, roll

Evolution

捲 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
捲 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

捲  

juǎn

curl, roll up; curly, rolled up

卷 (捲) 

juǎn

to roll (up); to sweep up; to carry on; roll

Most common words with 捲
Freq.
Word
Meaning

卷

roll

卷入

to be drawn into

试卷

test paper

问卷

questionnaire

龙卷风

tornado