EntryCommon
  1. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb

    to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.)

    Usually written using kana alone

    彼女はぼんやりと雑誌のページをめくっていた。
    She was idly turning over the pages of a magazine.
  2. to tear off; to strip off; to take off; to pull off (e.g. a blanket); to pull up (e.g. floorboards); to tear up

    Usually written using kana alone

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

roll, wind, coil, turn pages, roll up sleeves, strip off, be turned, be rolled up

Kun
ま.くま.くるまく.るめく.るまく.れる
On
ケン
Strokes
11
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Radical
hand

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Dictionary and index codes (12)
CodeReference
1-3-8, 1-3-9SKIP code
3c8.9The Kanji Dictionary
5901.2Four corner code
6372Unicode hex code
1-23-94JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1933Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2193New Nelson (John Haig)
598Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
451Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
12208Morohashi
juan3Pinyin reading
gweonKorean reading