巻 meaning'scroll, volume, book, part, roll up, wind up, tie, coil, counter for texts (or book scrolls)'
 onyomiカン, ケン
 kunyomiま.く, まき, ま.き
termpronunciationEnglish
寝巻ねまきsleep-wear, nightclothes, pyjamas, nightgown
巻くまくto wind, to coil, to roll
糸巻きいとまきthread-reel
巻貝まきがいsnail's spiral shell
別巻べっかんseparate volume, extra issue
圧巻あっかんhighlight, best part, masterpiece
巻まきroll (e.g. of cloth); winding; volume (of book)
巻き添えまきぞえgetting involved (entangled) in, getting mixed up in, involvement, by-blow
巻き貝まきがいsnail, spiral shell
巻き込むまきこむto roll up, to involve, to enfold, to swallow up, to drag into
巻き返しまきかえしrally, recovery, rollback
巻末かんまつend of a book
巻頭かんとうopening page of book; prefatory
席巻せっけんsweeping conquest, sweeping over, conquering, invading
渦巻うずまきwhirlpool, eddy, coil
渦巻きうずまきwhirlpool, eddy, coil
渦巻くうずまくto whirl, to eddy, to swirl, to curl (smoke)
竜巻たつまきtornado, waterspout
絵巻えまきpicture scroll
虎の巻とらのまきcrib notes, key (to a diagram)
虎巻とらかんcrib notes, key (to a diagram)
襟巻えりまきmuffler, scarf, comforter
襟巻きえりまきmuffler, scarf, comforter
襟巻き蜥蜴えりまきとかげ, エリマキトカゲfrilled lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingii), frill-necked lizard
襟巻蜥蜴えりまきとかげ, エリマキトカゲfrilled lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingii), frill-necked lizard
鉢巻きはちまきheadband
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