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拳 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「手」

道
2High school graduate / general ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「手」
On
ケン・ゲンけん・げん · ken · gen
Kun
こぶしkobushi
Meaning
fist

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Hand plus curling up: the fingers rolled tight — a fist.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onケンけんken拳銃けんじゅう拳法けんぽう
Kunこぶしkobushi握り拳にぎりこぶし

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 拳銃けんじゅう

    handgun; pistol

  • 拳法けんぽう

    martial art of the fist

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

悔(くや)しくて思(おも)わず拳(こぶし)を握(にぎ)りしめた。

In my frustration I found myself clenching my fists.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

拳法拳銃拳法law銃gun摯sincer…手hand折to fol…承to rec…挘to plu…串skewer舷ship’s…鍵key鎌sickle犬dog
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 手Map of reading ケンAll maps

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