卷
juǎnjuàn HSK4

curl, roll

卷 juǎn frequency
roll up verb
to roll up, sweep up, engulf, or drag into a situation

他卷起了袖子准备干活。

tā juǎn qǐ le xiù​zi zhǔn​bèi gàn​huó.

He rolled up his sleeves, ready to work.

roll measure word
a roll or a classifier for small rolled-up things

他手里拿着一卷卫生纸。

tā shǒu lǐ ná zhe yī juǎn wèi​shēng​zhǐ.

He is holding a roll of toilet paper.

hypercompetitive verb
to compete to an unhealthy degree (slang)

现在的职场环境实在是太卷了。

xiàn​zài de zhí​chǎng huán​jìng shí​zài shì tài juǎn le.

The current workplace environment is way too competitive.

卷 juàn
classifier measure word
measure word for volumes, books, or scroll paintings

我手里有一卷古画。

wǒ shǒu lǐ yǒu yī juàn gǔ huà.

I have a scroll of an ancient painting.

exam paper verb
an examination paper or test script

交卷的时间到了。

jiāo juàn de shí​jiān dào le.

It's time to hand in your test papers.

卷 (捲) juǎn
roll measure word
a roll or a classifier for items that are rolled up, such as spools or scrolls

货架上整齐地摆放着几卷彩色毛线。

huò​jià shàng zhěng​qí de bǎi​fàng zhe jǐ juǎn cǎi​sè máo​xiàn.

Several rolls of colored yarn are neatly arranged on the shelf.

roll up verb
to roll up, sweep up, or carry along by force

巨大的海浪卷走了岸边的遮阳伞。

jù​dà de hǎi​làng juǎn zǒu le àn biān de zhē​yáng​sǎn.

Huge waves swept away the beach umbrellas on the shore.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,016th most common 156.8 per million
Movie subtitles
1,196th most common 71.2 per million appears in 30% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
43.6 per million appears in 15% of films
Written text
52.6 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Traditional
捲
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+5377

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)