Kanji Details:
- 巻
- Frequency:944
- Kun: ま.く, まき, ま.き
- On: カン, ケン
- Meaning: scroll, volume, book, part, roll up, wind up, tie, coil, counter for texts (or book scrolls)
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Examples:
Word Reading Meaning 巻き込む まきこむ to roll up, to involve, to enfold, to swallow up, to drag into 巻き返し まきかえし rally, recovery, rollback 巻 まき roll (e.g. of cloth); winding; volume (of book) 巻末 かんまつ end of a book 圧巻 あっかん highlight, best part, masterpiece 絵巻 えまき picture scroll 席巻 せっけん sweeping conquest, sweeping over, conquering, invading 別巻 べっかん separate volume, extra issue 巻き添え まきぞえ getting involved (entangled) in, getting mixed up in, involvement, by-blow 巻頭 かんとう opening page of book, beginning of an essay; prefatory