捲る

めくる · mekuru · JLPT N3 · verb-godan

to turn over

📖 捲 = hand 扌 + roll 巻: your hand rolls the page over

The kanji pairs the hand radical 扌 with 巻, scroll or roll, so it means to roll something back with your hand. Sound hook: me-KURU sounds like make it curl, the way a page corner curls over when you turn it.

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