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Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1935 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: fist

Kunyomi: こぶし

Onyomi: ケン, ゲン

Composition: 二 人 手

拳

Radical

Radical: 手

Meaning: hand

Reading: て

Frequency: 1,203

Alternative forms:

扌(alt radical position hen)龵

手

Examples

Onyomi Examples

拳 (ケン) hand game (e.g. rock-paper-scissors)

拳銃 (ケンジュウ) pistol, handgun

形意拳 (ケイイケン) shape-of-the-mind fist, Hsing I Chuan

五形拳 (ゴケイケン) Wu Xing Fist, Five Form Fist (Dragon, Snake, Tiger, Crane, Leopard)

拳骨 (ゲンコツ) (clenched) fist, knuckles

拳固 (ゲンコ) fist

Kunyomi Examples

拳 (こぶし) fist

こぶし大 (こぶしだい) fist-sized

【ツノナガコブシ】 (pebble crab (Leucosia anatum))

力拳 (ちからこぶし) clenched fist

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