9 strokes

scroll, volume, book, part, roll up, wind up, tie, coil, counter for texts (or book scrolls)

Kunま.く、まき、ま.き
Onカン、ケン

Radicals

Common words

  • 巻き込むまきこむ
    to roll up, to enfold, to swallow up, to involve, to drag into
  • 巻くまく
    to wind, to coil, to roll, to wear (e.g. turban, scarf), to envelope, to shroud, to outflank, to skirt, to link (verse), to move ahead (three hours, etc.), to move up
  • 竜巻たつまき
    tornado, waterspout
  • 荒巻あらまき
    salted salmon, fish wrapped in (bamboo) leaves
  • 巻き添えまきぞえ
    getting mixed up in, getting embroiled in, involvement, entanglement, by-blow
  • 渦巻きうずまき
    whirlpool, maelstrom, vortex, eddy, swirl, spiral (shape, pattern)
  • 絵巻物えまきもの
    picture scroll
  • 巻き返しまきかえし
    rally, recovery, comeback, rollback, winding (thread, etc.)
  • 葉巻はまき
    cigar
  • 巻末かんまつ
    end of a book
  • 圧巻あっかん
    highlight, best part, stunning, incredible, superb
  • 絵巻えまき
    picture scroll
  • 席巻せっけん
    sweeping (over, across), conquering, overwhelming
  • 別巻べっかん
    separate volume, extra issue
  • 巻頭かんとう
    beginning (of a book, magazine, etc.), opening page, beginning (of a matter), start
  • 一巻いっかん
    one roll, one book, one volume, first volume, rolling once, wrapping once around
  • 全巻ぜんかん
    complete set (of volumes), every volume, whole volume, whole film, whole reel
  • 巻き起こすまきおこす
    to create (a sensation), to cause (a commotion), to give rise to (controversy), to raise (a cloud of dust), to kick up (dust)
  • 取り巻きとりまき
    followers, hangers-on
  • 遠巻きとおまき
    surrounding at a distance