Kanji1 / 9
巻 kanji
scroll, volume, book, part, roll up, wind up, tie, coil, counter for texts (or book scrolls)
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 6 (elementary school)
On readings
カンケン
Kun readings
まくまきまき
Variant forms
卷Words with 巻
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —圧巻Popularhighlight; best part; stunning; incredible; spectacular; breathtaking; to stun; to amaze; to impress; to overwhelm (with emotion)
- —巻末Popularend of a book
- —巻volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
- —一巻one roll; one book; one volume; first volume; rolling once; wrapping once around
- —下巻second volume (in a two-volume set); third volume (in a three-volume set); last volume
- —巻頭beginning (of a book, magazine, etc.); opening page; beginning (of a matter); start
- —巻尾end of a book
- —虎巻crib notes; key (to a diagram)
- —上巻first volume (in a two or three-volume set); first book; volume one; book one
- —全巻complete set (of volumes); every volume; whole volume; whole film; whole reel
- —中巻second volume (of three); second book; volume two; book two
- —別巻separate volume; extra issue
- —万巻many scrolls; many books
- —通巻consecutive number of volumes; total number of volumes
- —巻首beginning (of a scroll, book, etc.)
- —巻軸(center portion of a) scroll (centre)
- —補巻supplement; supplementary volume
- —開巻opening a book; opening (part) of a book
- —詩巻collection of poems
- —首巻first volume (of book)