卷 (gyun2 kyun4 | juan4 quan2) : volume; file; exam paper

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卷

gyun2 kyun4

juan4 quan2

[粵] gyun2 | [國] juan4
[1] [n] volume; book; scroll
[2] [n] file; document
[3] [n] examination/test paper
[4] [n] variant of 捲 when referring to 'roll' (food)

[粵] kyun4 | [國] quan2
[adj] curly (hair, etc) | [synonym] 攣

卷 is the simplified form of 捲. It (卷) is often wrongly used as a variant form of 捲 in Traditional Chinese writing.

The Cantonese pronunciation is the same for both characters, but the Mandarin pronunciation separate tones for each character.

Default PoS:

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 8

Level: 2

Radical: 卩 (#26)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

卷

Don't confuse with:
券

This word has been viewed 7472 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 3rd Dec 2016 15:51

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春卷 ceon1 gyun2 chun1 juan3 = spring roll

試卷 si3 gyun2 shi4 juan4 = examination paper; test paper

膠卷 gaau1 gyun2 jiao1 juan1/3 = film

答卷 daap3 gyun2 da2 juan4 = answer sheet (to be handed up at the end of a test); examination paper

肉桂卷 juk6 gwai3 gyun2 rou4 gui4 juan3 = cinnamon roll

芝麻卷 zi1 maa4 gyun2 = black sesame roll

問卷 man6 gyun2 wen4 juan4 = questionnaire

蛋卷 daan6 gyun2 dan4 juan3 = egg roll

腐皮卷 fu6 pei4 gyun2 = soybean roll 粵

膶腸卷 jeon2 coeng4*2 gyun2 = liver sausage rolls made with 臘腸粵

臘腸卷 laap6 coeng4*2 gyun2 = Chinese (pork) sausage rolls

卷舌音 gyun2 sit6 jam1 = [ling.] retroflex (sound made with tongue rolled back)

炸春卷 zaa3 ceon1 gyun2 = imperial rolls (deep fried spring rolls)

白卷 baak6 gyun3 bai2 juan4 = blank examination paper

開卷有益 hoi1 gyun2 jau5 jik1 kai1 juan4 you3 yi4 = reading is beneficial

卷軸 gyun2 zuk6 juan3 zhou2 = scroll, book, reel

交白卷 gaau1 baak6 gyun2 jiao1 bai2 juan4 = complete failure in a task

讀萬卷書不如行萬里路 duk6 maan6 gyun2 syu1 bat1 jyu4 haang4 maan6 lei5 lou6 du2 wan4 juan4 shu1 bu4 ru2 xing2 wan4 li3 lu4 = it is better to travel ten thousand miles than to read ten thousand books

手不釋卷 sau2 bat1 sik1 gyun2 shou3 bu2 shi4 juan4 = a diligent reader or student; to always carry a book around

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 卷
Unicode code for this character: U+5377 (off-site link)

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