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juǎn
HSK 4freq #2089

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juǎn
  1. 1.to roll up
  2. 2.(fig.) to sweep up; to engulf; to drag into (a situation)
  3. 3.(slang) to compete to an unhealthy degree; hypercompetitive
  4. 4.a roll
  5. 5.classifier for small rolled-up things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc)
juàn
  1. 1.scroll
  2. 2.book
  3. 3.volume
  4. 4.chapter
  5. 5.examination paper
  6. 6.classifier for books, paintings: volume, scroll
juǎn
  1. 1.to roll up
  2. 2.to sweep up; to carry along
  3. 3.a roll
  4. 4.classifier for rolls, spools etc

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.reel of books
  2. 2.book; scroll
  3. 3.volume; chapter; fascicle
  4. 4.volume
  5. 5.examination paper (Classifier: 份 c)
  6. 6.Classifier for volume or chapter of books.
  7. 7.to bend (especially of knees); to curve; to flex; Original form of 蜷 (quán).
  8. 8.honest; sincere

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ɡron, *kronʔ, *krons, *ɡonʔ): phonetic 𢍏 (juàn) + semantic 卩 (“kneeling person”) - to bend; reel of books. The phonetic component could also add part of the meaning since it indicates the act of rolling rice into balls, hence "bending" rice. Two rather conservative variants are 𨤖 and 𠨟, in which rice is visible on top. Now written as phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声): phonetic 龹 + semantic 卩 (“kneeling person”). Similar but unrelated to 春 and 秦.

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