Moto 拳: FistKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ケン、ゲン
- Kun'yomi
- こぶし
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 67 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ケン・ゲン)
- 拳銃けんじゅうpistol; handgun
- 拳骨げんこつ(clenched) fist; knuckles
- じゃん拳ぽんじゃんけんぽんrock! paper! scissors!; paper! scissors! rock!
- 両拳りょうけんboth fists
- 五形拳ごけいけんWu Xing Fist; Five Form Fist (Dragon, Snake, Tiger, Crane, Leopard)
- 八極拳はっきょくけんEight Extremities Fist
- 内家拳ないかけんneijia; internal martial arts
- 咏春拳えいしゅんけんWing Chun (traditional Chinese martial art)
- 回転式拳銃かいてんしきけんじゅうrevolver
- 回転弾倉式拳銃かいてんだんそうしきけんじゅうrevolver
- 太極拳たいきょくけんgrand ultimate fist; Tai Chi Chuan
- 少林拳しょうりんけんShaolin kung fu
- 形意拳けいいけんshape-of-the-mind fist; Hsing I Chuan
- 徒手空拳としゅくうけんbeing empty-handed
- 拳を打つけんをうつto play a hand game (e.g. rock, paper, scissors)
- 拳万げんまんpinky swear; pinky promise
- 拳固げんこfist
- 拳拳けんけんrespectfully; faithfully
- 拳拳服膺けんけんふくようfirmly bear in mind; have something engraved on one's mind (heart)
- 拳玉けんだまkendama; Japanese bilboquet (cup-and-ball game)
- 拳闘けんとうboxing
- 拳闘家けんとうかboxer
- 拳闘家痴呆けんとうかちほうdementia pugilistica; boxer's dementia
- 拳闘術けんとうじゅつ(art of) boxing
- 昇竜拳しょうりゅうけんshoryuken; uppercut move in the Street Fighter video game series
- 昇龍拳しょうりゅうけんshoryuken; uppercut move in the Street Fighter video game series
- 暗殺拳あんさつけんdeadly fist; killer fist
- 正拳突きせいけんづきthrusting technique
- 武術太極拳ぶじゅつたいきょくけんwushu; modern sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts
- 波動拳はどうけんhadouken (fireball attack from the fighting game "Street Fighter II")
- 燕青拳えんせいけんYangqingquan; Yangqing Fist
- 狐拳きつねけんgame similar to rock, paper, scissors, with the hand gestures fox, hunter and village headman
- 猿拳さるけんMonkey Fist; Monkey-Style kung-fu
- 空拳くうけんwith bare hands; with or from nothing
- 自動拳銃じどうけんじゅうautomatic pistol
- 藤八拳とうはちけんgame of chance similar to rock, paper scissors, where the different hand gestures symbolize a fox, a hunter and a village head
- 虎燕拳こえんけんTiger Swallow Fist
- 虫拳むしけんmushi-ken; Japanese rock-paper-scissors variant, in which the "frog", "snake" and "slug" are represented by the thumb, forefinger and little finger respectively
- 螳螂拳とうろうけんpraying mantis style
- 蟷螂拳とうろうけんpraying mantis style
- 裏拳うらけんbackhand blow; backhand chop
- 詠春拳えいしゅんけんWing Chun (traditional Chinese martial art)
- 護拳ごけんguard (of a sword)
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 拳こぶし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; to clench one's fist
- 拳大こぶしだいfist-sized
- 握り拳にぎりこぶしclenched fist
Other readings
- 拳法けんぽうChinese martial arts; kung fu
- じゃん拳ジャンケンrock-paper-scissors (game); janken
- ジャン拳ジャンケンrock-paper-scissors (game); janken
- 中国拳法ちゅうごくけんぽうChinese martial art
- 少林寺拳法しょうりんじけんぽうShorinji Kempo (modern Japanese martial art based on Shaolin kung fu)
- 截拳道ジークンドーJeet Kune Do; Way of the Intercepting Fist (martial art founded by Bruce Lee)
- 拳々けんけんrespectfully; faithfully
- 拳々服膺けんけんふくようfirmly bear in mind; have something engraved on one's mind (heart)
- 拳螺さざえturban shell (any mollusc of the family Turbinidae, esp. the horned turban, Turbo cornutus)
- 指切拳万ゆびきりげんまんpinky swear; pinky promise
- 指切拳万、嘘ついたら針千本呑ますゆびきりげんまんうそついたらはりせんぼんのますFinger cut-off, ten thousand fist-punches, whoever lies has to swallow a thousand needles; words said when making a pinky swear
- 日本拳法にっぽんけんぽうNippon Kempo; Nihon Kempo
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