拳

fist

10 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1935.

Readings

• ケン (on reading): 拳銃 (けんじゅう) pistol; 鉄拳 (てっけん) tightly clenched fist
• こぶし (kun reading): 拳 (こぶし) fist; 握り拳 (にぎりこぶし) clenched fist
• ゲン (on reading)

Components

• 二
• 人
• 手
• 一 radical one
• 二 radical two
• 丷 radical horns, inverted eight
• 大 radical big
• 手 radical hand

Words using 拳

• 拳銃 (けんじゅう) pistol
• 鉄拳 (てっけん) tightly clenched fist
• 拳法 (けんぽう) Chinese martial arts
• 太極拳 (たいきょくけん) grand ultimate fist
• 昇竜拳 (しょうりゅうけん) shoryuken (uppercut move in the Street Fighter series)
• 拳 (こぶし) fist
• 握り拳 (にぎりこぶし) clenched fist
• 力拳 (ちからこぶし) clenched fist
• 拳を握る (こぶしをにぎる) to make a fist
• 截拳道 (ジークンドー) Jeet Kune Do (martial art founded by Bruce Lee)

61 words in all.

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