辊 meaning and stroke order
To revolve, to turn; a stone roller
How to write 辊, stroke by stroke
12 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 辊
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- roller
How 辊 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Wheel.
车 gives the meaning and 昆 hints at the sound.
Radical: 车 (cart), shared by 50 characters on this site.
How to remember 辊
The left side 车 (chē, vehicle or wheel) gives the meaning of something that rolls, and the right side 昆 (kūn) gives the sound. Picture a wheel turning steadily, and you get 辊 (gǔn), a roller.
辊 (gǔn) is mostly a technical word for rollers in machines, printing, papermaking and steel mills. It usually appears in compounds such as 辊子 (gǔnzi, roller) or 轧辊 (zhágǔn, mill roll). Example: 这台机器的辊子坏了。(Zhè tái jīqì de gǔnzi huài le.) The roller on this machine is broken.
Common mistake: Learners often mix up 辊 (gǔn) with 滚 (gǔn, to roll), which has the same sound. Use 滚 for the action of rolling, as in 滚动 (gǔndòng), and 辊 only for the physical roller part of a machine.
Questions about 辊
How many strokes are in 辊?
辊 is written with 12 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 辊 mean?
辊 (gǔn) means to revolve, to turn; a stone roller.
How do you pronounce 辊?
辊 is pronounced gǔn, in the third tone (dipping).
What is the radical of 辊?
The radical of 辊 is 车, which carries the idea of "cart". Dictionaries list 辊 under this radical.
What is the traditional form of 辊?
The traditional form of 辊 is 輥. Traditional characters are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau; 辊 is the simplified form used in mainland China and Singapore.
Is 辊 used in everyday conversation?
Not often. Most people meet it in factories, printing or engineering contexts. In daily speech, people more often use 滚 for rolling or 轮子 (lúnzi) for wheels.
Does 辊 sound the same as 昆?
No. 昆 is read kūn, but 辊 is read gǔn. The phonetic part only hints at the sound, and here both the initial consonant and the tone differ.