Memory phrase for the Kanji: 巻

巻

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Meaning roll, scroll, reel, coil

Pronunciation

KAN
maki, maku

Explanation

Top: the border guard 龹 known from "checkpoint" 関 (= person 人 with raised arms 丷 and two barrier bars 二, [here: two rolls], bottom: self 己 (Following the winding path I find myself)

Mnemonic
 
The person 人 with the raised arms 丷 has rolled himself 己 the two rolls 二. (Maki-Sushi? 巻き寿司)

Radicals

龹 border guardA barrier with two 二 barrier bars and a person 人 with upraised arms 丷 mark the: border guard.
己 I, myself
天 heaven, sky
丷 way out
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 Vocabulary

竜巻 たつまき  tornado
葉巻 はまき  cigar
取り巻く とりまく  to surround, to circle, to enclose
寝巻 ねまき  sleep-wear, nightclothes, pyjamas
巻く まく  to wind, to coil, to roll
春巻き はるまき  spring roll​ (food)

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