巻 (maku) Kanji Meaning: "Scroll" | Learn Kanji with Pictures

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Drawing: Hands rolling: scroll.

巻 means scroll

volume, book, part, roll up

Hands rolling: scroll.

On'yomi

  • カンkan
  • ケンken

Kun'yomi

  • ま(く)maku
  • ま(き)maki

How it's built

  • 𠔉
  • 己self

Common words

  • 巻まきroll (e.g. of cloth)
  • 巻くまくto wind; to coil
  • 巻末かんまつend of a book
  • 絵巻えまきpicture scroll

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