卷
Meaning
- to roll up
- (fig.) to sweep up; to engulf; to drag into (a situation)
- (slang) to compete to an unhealthy degree; hypercompetitive
Example sentence
我喜欢卷发。
I like curls.
The character 卷
卷 is juǎn for rolling something up — 卷起来, 卷发 curly hair — and juàn for what has been rolled: a scroll, and so 试卷, the exam paper handed round.