巻

音読おんよみ: カン・ケン

訓読くんよみ:・まき

画数かくすう: 9 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 㔾(わりふ)

Meaning

Roll / Scroll / Volume

  • 圧巻あっかん — highlight / climax
  • 席巻せっけん — sweeping over / conquest
  • 巻物まきもの — scroll / rolled document
  • 全巻ぜんかん — complete set of volumes
  • く — to roll up / to wind
  • 寿司ずし — sushi roll
  • かん — volume (in a book series)
  • え — to be caught up in / dragged into

originally represented wrapping or coiling. Today it appears in both physical and figurative senses — from sushi rolls and book scrolls to expressions like まれる (to be dragged into something).

かみいて パーティーにきました。
I curled my hair and went to the party.

このマンガは ぜんかんです。
This manga has five volumes in total.

Pair Kanji
Creates
全巻ぜんかん — complete set of volumes
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