巻 : Scroll

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Components:

己

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

On 'yomi:

カン(kan) ケン(ken)

Kun 'yomi:

ま.く(ma.ku) まき(maki) ま.き(ma.ki)

Strokes:	9
Radical:	己 (49)
Usage Rating:	944

JLPT:	N2
old JLPT:	2
Grade:	6

Unicode:	05dfb
jis208:	20-12

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巻 Usage examples

掻い巻(かいまき) 掻い巻き(かいまき) 掻巻き(かいまき) 掻巻(かいまき)	sleeved quilt, futon with sleeves, cotton padded nightwear
息巻く(いきまく)	to enthuse, to speak passionately, to get worked up, to galvanize
巻子本(かんすぼん)	roll, scroll, rolled book
白鉢巻(しろはちまき)	white hairband
巻き返し作戦(まきかえしさくせん)	rollback operation
巻軸(まきじく)	scroll roller, scroll
鰻巻き(うまき)	omelette-wrapped eel, basted, roasted eel wrapped in a rolled omelette
太巻き(ふとまき) 太巻(ふとまき)	rolling something thickly, something rolled thickly (i.e. a cigar, a thick roll of makizushi, etc.)
軍艦巻(ぐんかんまき)	battleship roll sushi
巻頭言(かんとうげん)	foreword, preface, prefatory note
巻層雲(けんそううん)	cirrostratus, cirrostratus cloud
巻(かん)	volume (of book), reel (of film)
渦巻きポンプ(うずまきポンプ)	centrifugal pump
渦巻星雲(うずまきせいうん)	spiral nebula
巻取り紙(まきとりがみ) 巻き取り紙(まきとりがみ)	rolled paper, roll of printing paper
巻きひげ(けんしゅ) 巻き鬚(けんしゅ) 巻鬚(けんしゅ)	tendril
長巻(ながまき)	polearm with sword blade
巻土重来(けんどちょうらい)	making another attempt with redoubled efforts
開巻第一(かいかんだいいち)	at the very beginning of a book, The book opens with ...
開巻劈頭(かいかんへきとう)	at the very beginning of a book, The book opens with ...
巻き替え(まきかえ)	winding a replacement thread, wire, etc.
首巻(しゅかん)	first volume (of book)
紙巻たばこ(かみまきタバコ) 紙巻タバコ(かみまきタバコ) 紙巻きたばこ(かみまきタバコ) 紙巻きタバコ(かみまきタバコ) 紙巻煙草(かみまきタバコ) 紙巻き煙草(かみまきタバコ)	cigarette
取り巻き連中(とりまきれんちゅう)	colleagues, cronies, merry men
昆布巻き(こんぶまき) 昆布巻(こんぶまき)	type of food (sliced dried herring or other fish wrapped in konbu seaweed and boiled)
尻尾を巻く(しっぽをまく)	(a person) to admit defeat, to turn tail (and run)
前巻(ぜんかん)	previous volume
捩じり鉢巻きで(ねじりはちまきで) ねじり鉢巻きで(ねじりはちまきで)	as hard as one can
巻き落とし(まきおとし) 巻き落し(まきおとし)	twist down
煙に巻く(けむりにまく) 烟に巻く(けむにまく)	to confuse someone, to befuddle someone, to create a smokescreen