TSUMUGU · TOCFL B1 (est.) · 字
捲
捲 ＝ 扌 ＋ 卷
ㄐㄩㄢˇ · juǎn
verb — to roll up, curl; to sweep up
字源 FORM — what the parts do
扌義the hand — doing the rolling
卷聲juǎn — gives both the meaning and the sounda figure bent rolled-up; 卷亦聲, the rolled shape and the reading in one
The hand (扌) added to 卷 to mark the action — 卷 juǎn already pictures a thing rolled bent, and gives the sound straight. Together: to roll up, to curl, to sweep up in a roll: 捲起、捲入、龍捲風.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
手（扌）抓住一頭，一圈圈把它捲（卷）起來。
The hand (扌) grips one end and winds it up, roll by roll (卷).
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)捲起、捲曲— to roll up, curl常用
→捲入、席捲— to sweep up, be drawn in常用
⇒捲款、捲鋪蓋— to make off with; to pack up and leave
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension