The kanji 拳: meaning, readings and stroke order

拳

Meaning: fist
On reading: ケン ken
Kun reading: こぶし kobushi
Strokes: 10
Radical: 手 hand
Level: Level 10 · the last years of senior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: nắm tay, nắm đấm (quyền)
Japanese: にぎったて。こぶし。
Korean: 주먹 (권)
Chinese: 拳头

Readings, words and example sentences

ケン ken · on reading · less common

拳けん銃じゅう
handgun, pistol
拳けん銃じゅうの場面はありません。
There are no scenes with guns.

こぶし kobushi · kun reading · less common

拳こぶし
fist
拳こぶしをにぎって応えんします。
I make a fist and cheer.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.