juǎn

to roll up; (fig.) to sweep up; to engulf; to drag into (a situation); (slang) to compete to an unhealthy degree; hypercompetitive

verbnounmeasure word HSK 3.0 · Band 6

Watch it being written

Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.

Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

See it in sentences

他把画卷起来。

He rolled up the painting.

风把纸卷走了。

The wind rolled the paper away.