卷
부수: 卩
획수: 8획
卷 has the meanings ‘rolled up’, ‘book’ and ‘volume’.
卷 = 𠔉 + 㔾
X = phonetic + semantic
• 𠔉 originally depicted hands scattering grain seeds, but is used for its sound.
• 㔾 represents a ‘person kneeling’ and has the overall meaning of ‘bent knees’.
Evolution:
卷 = ’bent knees’ ➔ ’rolled up’ ➔ ’scroll’ ➔ ’book volume’
Mnemonic
Imagine a poor farmer bent over 㔾 in the field, scattering rice seeds 𠔉 so that his children can one day attend school and read a number of books 卷.
Vocab
| 卷 | 권 | volume, book (counter) |
| 卷頭言 | 권두언 | foreword, preface |
| 上卷 | 상권 | first volume, book one |
| 卷頭 | 권두 | the opening page of a book |
| 卷數 | 권수 | number of volumes |
| 通卷 | 통권 | volume number |
| 席卷/席捲 | 석권 | overwhelm, conquer |
| 卷雲 | 권운 | cirrus cloud |
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Bibliography
Affiliate links help support uK.
— Grant, B.K. (1982). A Guide To Korean Characters: Reading and Writing Hangul and Hanja, [s.v. 432]. Seoul: Hollym.
— Henshall, K.G. (1998). A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters, [s.v. 826]. Singapore: Tuttle Publishing.
— Outlier Dictionary of Chinese Characters, [s.v. 卷].
— Seely, C., Henshall, K.G., & Fan, J. (2016). The Complete Guide to Japanese Kanji: Remembering and Understanding the 2,136 Standard Japanese Characters, [s.v. 841]. Singapore: Tuttle Publishing.