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卷 is a phonosemantic compound: 龹 supplies the sound, and 卩, originally a kneeling figure, supplies the meaning associated with rolling or bending. The character originally referred to rolling up flexible materials like the bamboo slips or silk scrolls used for early documents. Because texts were stored as rolled bundles, 卷 naturally became a measure word for books, volumes, or chapters, while continuing to serve as the verb "to roll up".
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他把纸卷起来。
这是一卷胶带。
这本书共有三卷。
考试卷子很难。
她卷头发很漂亮。
他正在卷一份重要的文件。
这场竞争越来越卷了。
阅读这份卷宗需要耐心。
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