| 卷 | 225A30 12.70 | 部居  | 畫數 8 | ㄐㄩㄢˋ [jUan4] (*ㄓㄨㄢˇ [zhuan3] , *ㄑㄩㄢˊ [qUan2] ). | ||
| N. | (1) Anything that can be rolled up and unrolled: 卷軸 [jUan4zhou2]↓; 卷帙 [jUan4zhi4]↓; 畫卷 a scroll of paintings; 書卷 books: 有書卷氣 bookish, learned, (of writings) academic (“smacking of books”); 手不釋卷 studious, ever studying. (2) Chapters or volumes of a book: 第一卷 chapter (volume) one; 一共五卷 five volumes in all; 上下卷 first, second volume. (3) An examination paper: 卷紙 [jUan4zhi3]↓; 考卷 quiz paper; 問卷 question paper; 交卷 (of student) hand in examination paper, finish an assignment: 交卷主義 perfunctory performance, such an attitude; 交白卷 failure to answer the questions in an examination or to carry out a given task. (4) Documents, records: 卷宗 [jUan4zong1]↓; 文卷 official papers; 案卷 archives. (5) (＝捲) A roll, a reel. | |||||
| V.t. | (*[jUan3]) (＝捲) Roll up, curl up. | |||||
| Adj. | (*[qUan2]) Curly: 卷髮 [jUan4fa3]↓. | |||||
| Words | 1. 卷柏 [jUan2bai3], n., (bot.) Selaginella involvens. 2. 卷卷 *[qUan2qUan3], adj., earnest, sincere (interch. 拳拳). 3. 卷丹 *[jUan3dan1], n., (bot.) the tiger lily, Lilium tigrinum (also 虎皮百合). 4. 卷髮 *[qUan2fa3], v.i., curl one's hair; n., curly hair. 5. 卷軸 [jUan4zhou2], n., a scroll. 6. 卷帙 [jUan4zhi4], n., books, volumes. 7. 卷紙 [jUan4zhi3], n., paper for use in examinations. 8. 卷舌 *[jUan3she2], adj., tonguetied; 卷舌音 the Peiping retroflex j, ch, sh, r sound. 9. 卷鬚 *[jUan3xU1], n., tendrils. 10. 卷子 [jUan4zi0], n., (1) a scroll; (2) an examination paper. 11. 卷幘 *[jUan3ze2], n., formerly, a boy's rolled-up turban. 12. 卷宗 [jUan4zong1], n., office files, archives, folders. 13. 卷尾猿 *[jUan2wei3yUan2], n., (zoo.) Cebus capucinus. | |||||