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巻 ま.く、まき、ま.き 寝巻き(ねまき): sleep-wear; nightclothes; pyjamas; pajamas; nightgown; nightdress巻(まき): (1) roll (e.g. of cloth) (2) winding (3) volume (of book)巻く(まく): to wind; to coil; to roll取り巻く(とりまく): to surround; to circle; to enclose巻(かん): volume (of book); reel (of film) 6 𠔉: None己: self; snake; serpent 卩 2 卷 scroll How to make snake maki: Take a snake. Roll it up in rice and nori (seaweed paper) like a scroll. Cut into quarters and serve on a wooden geta with ginger and wasabi.

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カン、ケン scroll, volume, book, part, roll up, wind up, tie, coil, counter for texts (on book scrolls) 2 944 9 26 ふし・ふしづくり・わりふ 会意 Compound Ideographic At a mysterious bazaar, you happen to come across something interesting: a rolled-up scroll for only 25¢. You buy it up impulsively until you realize that the powerful spell contained within is cursed by a poisonous snake. If you try to cast this spell, the snake will pop out of nowhere and bite you! Hrmph. No wonder it was so cheap...

Kanji	巻
Onyomi	カン、ケン
Kunyomi	ま.く、まき、ま.き
English	scroll, volume, book, part, roll up, wind up, tie, coil, counter for texts (on book scrolls)
Examples	寝巻き(ねまき): sleep-wear; nightclothes; pyjamas; pajamas; nightgown; nightdress 巻(まき): (1) roll (e.g. of cloth) (2) winding (3) volume (of book) 巻く(まく): to wind; to coil; to roll 取り巻く(とりまく): to surround; to circle; to enclose 巻(かん): volume (of book); reel (of film)
JLPT Level	2
Jouyou Grade	6
Frequency	944
Components	𠔉: None 己: self; snake; serpent
Number of Strokes	9
Kanji Radical	卩
Radical Number	26
Radical Strokes	2
Radical Reading	ふし・ふしづくり・わりふ
Traditional Form	卷
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	scroll
Koohii Story 1	At a mysterious bazaar, you happen to come across something interesting: a rolled-up scroll for only 25¢. You buy it up impulsively until you realize that the powerful spell contained within is cursed by a poisonous snake. If you try to cast this spell, the snake will pop out of nowhere and bite you! Hrmph. No wonder it was so cheap...
Koohii Story 2	How to make snake maki: Take a snake. Roll it up in rice and nori (seaweed paper) like a scroll. Cut into quarters and serve on a wooden geta with ginger and wasabi.

Roll Volume Scroll Snake 巻 カン、ケン ま.く、まき、ま.き Book

Roll Volume Scroll Snake 巻カン、ケンま.く、まき、ま.き Book