- 圧巻 — highlight / climax
- 席巻 — sweeping over / conquest
- 巻物 — scroll / rolled document
- 全巻 — complete set of volumes
- 巻く — to roll up / to wind
- 巻き寿司 — sushi roll
- 巻 — volume (in a book series)
- 巻き添え — to be caught up in / dragged into
巻 originally represented wrapping or coiling. Today it appears in both physical and figurative senses — from sushi rolls and book scrolls to expressions like 巻き込まれる (to be dragged into something).
髪を 巻いて パーティーに行きました。
I curled my hair and went to the party.
このマンガは 全五巻です。
This manga has five volumes in total.