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巻 - Scroll
To make an ancient Japanese Scroll, scholars imagined curling horns around two person figures facing a self-mirror, symbolizing layers of knowledge rolled together. The kanji itself was used historically for 'volume' in books, linking this image of wrapped layers to scrolls of text.
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巻 - Scroll
Index #1069
Grade 6
9 strokes
JLPT Level: N2
Readings: カン, ま・く, まき
Kanji Primes
Compound Kanji

Common Vocab

まく 巻く
to roll up, to wind, to wrap
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