捲
juǎn HSK4

curl, roll up

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卷

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 卷 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component

扌 is a component form of 手.

卷
卷 SoundMeaning component

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

說文解字

《說文》：“捲，气勢也。从手，卷聲。《國語》曰：‘有捲勇。’一曰捲收也。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)