巻 — scroll, volume, book

まく巻 scroll

Grade 6 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 9 strokes

U+5DFB Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #944 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1292 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

scroll
volume
book
part
roll up
wind up
tie
coil
counter for texts

word

ま ma Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

巻(ま) く maku to wind 取(と) り巻(ま) く torimaku to surround 巻(ま) き maki winding 巻(ま) き込(こ) む makikomu to involve

かん kan On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

圧(あっ) 巻(かん) akkan highlight

まき maki Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

巻(まき) maki volume

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

𠔉 roll up

おのれ己 self #49

に二 two #7

ひと人 person #9

卩 seal

Used as component in (1)

けん圏 sphere

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#49 己 oneself