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拳

拳 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

fist

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ケンJHS
  • ゲン
Kun (native)
  • こぶしJHS
Other languages
  • 拼音quan2
  • 한글gweon
  • Hán-ViệtQuyền

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
手(て)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+62F3

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱龹手

Words using this kanji

  • 拳こぶし（こぶし）手を硬く握り締めること、または、握り締めたもの。fist
  • 拳銃けんじゅう片手で射撃するための小型の銃。ピストル。ハンドガン。pistol, handgun
  • 拳骨げんこつ握り拳。拳固。(clenched) fist, knuckles
  • 拳法けんぽう主として拳などの打撃による武術、武道。Chinese martial arts, kung fu, wushu, quanfa
  • 拳けん（こぶし）手を硬く握り締めること、または、握り締めたもの。hand game (e.g. rock-paper-scissors)
  • 拳闘けんとうボクシング。boxing
  • 拳固げんこ。拳骨。fist
  • 拳万げんまん約束を破ったらで一万回打つ制裁。pinky swear (i.e. linking little fingers to confirm a promise), pinky promise
  • 拳拳けんけんrespectfully, faithfully, seriously, reverently
  • 拳士けんしkenpō practitioner, martial artist (esp. of hand-to-hand combat)
  • 拳闘家けんとうかboxer
  • 拳闘術けんとうじゅつ(art of) boxing
  • 拳法家けんぽうか拳法を行う武術家またはそれで生業としている者、修得している者。kenpō practitioner, expert in kenpō
  • 拳々服膺けんけんふくようfirmly bear in mind, have something engraved on one's mind (heart)
  • 拳を打つけんをうつto play a hand game (e.g. rock, paper, scissors)
  • 拳を握るこぶしをにぎるto make a fist, to clench one's fist
  • 拳闘選手けんとうせんしゅboxer, fighter
  • 拳闘家痴呆けんとうかちほうdementia pugilistica, boxer's dementia, punch-drunk syndrome

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-6-4
Four Corner
9050.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3c6.18
Heisig
1290
Nelson
1900