1. 卷
  2. 轴

卷

Previous (洞)Next (坦)
  • 1014th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 41 words
  • Component in 11 characters

Decomposition

1Once
卷→
龹㔾
2Radical
卷→
二two丨line丷eight/divide八eight/divide乚second㇆N/A
3Graphical
卷→
二丨丷八乚㇆

Pinyin & Meaning

1. juǎn (juan3)to roll up • roll • classifier for small rolled things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc)
2. juàn (juan4)scroll • book • volume • chapter • examination paper • classifier for books, paintings: volume, scroll
3. juǎn (juan3)to roll (up) • to sweep up • to carry on • roll

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 卷 juǎn (juan3)The component 龹 is pronounced as 'juǎn' (juan3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for 卷 juǎn (juan3)The component 㔾 is pronounced as 'jié' (jie2). It has the same pinyin initial.
3. Pronunciation clue for 卷 juàn (juan4)The component 龹 is pronounced as 'juǎn' (juan3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
4. Pronunciation clue for 卷 juàn (juan4)The component 㔾 is pronounced as 'jié' (jie2). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Appears In

卷 also appears in:
圈倦蜷绻鬈锩踡睠錈腃箞

Example Words

High Frequency

卷 
试卷 (試卷)

Medium Frequency

交卷 
卷土重来 (卷土重來)
卷子 
卷心菜 
卷起 
卷轴 (卷軸)
卷发 (卷髮)
问卷 (問卷)
席卷 (席捲)
卷入 (捲入)
卷曲 (捲曲)
春卷 (春捲)
案卷 
残卷 (殘卷)
画卷 (畫卷)
白卷 
答卷 
考卷 
胶卷 (膠卷)
开卷 (開卷)
阅卷 (閱卷)
龙卷风 (龍捲風)
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轴

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Previous (衍)Next (攀)
  • 2433rd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 23 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
轴→
车由
2Radical
轴→
车car二two丨line凵container
3Graphical
轴→
乚一一丨二丨凵

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhóu (zhou2)axis • axle
2. zhòu (zhou4)see 壓軸戲|压轴戏[ya1 zhou4 xi4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 轴 zhóu (zhou2)The component 由 is pronounced as 'yóu' (you2). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for 轴 zhòu (zhou4)The component 由 is pronounced as 'yóu' (you2). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

High Frequency

主轴 (主軸)
卷轴 (卷軸)
对称轴 (對稱軸)
轴 (軸)
轴承 (軸承)

Medium Frequency

中轴 (中軸)
中轴线 (中軸線)
传动轴 (傳動軸)
地轴 (地軸)
压轴戏 (壓軸戲)
画轴 (畫軸)
线轴 (線軸)
自转轴 (自轉軸)
车轴 (車軸)
轴线 (軸線)
轴距 (軸距)
轮轴 (輪軸)
转轴 (轉軸)
连轴转 (連軸轉)
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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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