See also:
U+62F3, 拳
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-62F3

[U+62F2]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+62F4]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 64, +6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 火手手 (FQQ), four-corner 90502, composition )

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Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 428, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11996
  • Dae Jaweon: page 777, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1864, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+62F3

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
alternative forms

Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *ɡron) : phonetic () + semantic (hand) – a fist is a form of a hand.

Etymology

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From (OC *ɡron, “to bent; to curve”) (Schuessler, 2007; also cf. Baxter and Sagart, 2014).

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • kûn - vernacular;
  • koân/khoân - literary.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (30)
Final () (80)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter gjwen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɡˠiuᴇn/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɡʷᵚiɛn/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɡiuæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/gwian/
Li
Rong
/ɡjuɛn/
Wang
Li
/ɡĭwɛn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/gi̯wɛn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
quán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
kyun4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
quán
Middle
Chinese
‹ gjwen ›
Old
Chinese
/*N-kro[n]/
English fist (< rolled-up hand)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 7165
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡron/

Definitions

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  1. fist
  2. Chinese boxing
  3. Classifier for strikes made with a fist.
  4. Alternative form of (quán, to curl; to bend up)
  5. a surname
  6. Martial

Synonyms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic ():
  • Japanese: (けん) (ken)
  • Korean: 권(拳) (gwon)
  • Vietnamese: quyền ()

Others:

Compounds

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Japanese

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Shinjitai  
Kyūjitai
[1][2][3][4]

拳󠄁
+&#xE0101;?
(Adobe-Japan1)
 
拳󠄃
+&#xE0103;?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

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(Jōyō kanji)

  1. ken, a game played with the hands; a game of hands; in Italian, mor(r)a, a game in which two (or more) players each suddenly display a hand showing zero to five fingers and call out what they think will be the sum of all fingers shown.
  2. fist, usually as a suffix in the names of martial art moves

Readings

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Compounds

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
こぶし
Grade: S
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
こぶし
[noun] [from 810] fist
[noun] [from early 1300s] the shape of the hand when gripping a sword hilt
[noun] [from early 1300s] (by extension) swordsmanship, ability with a sword
[noun] [from 1500s] the shape of the hand when gripping a bow
[noun] [from 1500s] (by extension) bowmanship, ability with a bow
[noun] [from 1588] (by extension from the fist of a falconer) huntsmanship, hunting ability
こぶしコブシ
[noun] [from circa 1165] the Kobushi magnolia, Magnolia kobus
Alternative spelling
辛夷
(This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
けん
Grade: S
kan'on

From Middle Chinese (MC gjwen).

The standalone noun senses are first cited to texts from the 1500s.[5]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(けん) (ken

  1. [from 1500s] a fist
    Synonyms: (kobushi), 握り拳 (nigiri kobushi), 拳固 (genko), 拳骨 (genkotsu)
  2. [after 1560] any of the martial arts that use the fists for striking, such as 空手 (karate)
  3. [after 1644] any of several finger-shape games, including じゃんけんぽん (jankenpon, rock paper scissors)

Suffix

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(けん) (-ken

  1. (martial arts) used in the names of styles, or moves that involve punching
    Antonym: (-kyaku)
    (とう)(ろう)(けん)
    tōrōken
    mantis style
    (たい)(きょく)(けん)
    taikyokuken
    tai chi
    ()(どう)(けん)
    Hadōken
    Surge Fist
    • 1999 February 20 [1994 April 15], Rumiko Takahashi, “PART(パート).2 [海](うみ)[千](せん)[拳](けん)と[山](やま)[千](せん)[拳](けん) [PART.2 Umisenken and Yamasenken]”, in らんま½ [Ranma ½], 10th edition, volume 28 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN:
      やつの(もく)(てき)はおそらく、(やま)(せん)(けん)(つい)をなす(うみ)(せん)(けん)()(でん)(しょ)
      Yatsu no mokuteki wa osoraku, Yamasenken to tsui o nasu Umisenken no hidensho.
      He must be looking for the scroll for Umisenken, the antithesis of Yamasenken.
      (うみ)(せん)(けん)
      Umisenken?
      Umisenken?
    • 2000 December 20 [1999 May 17], Maekawa, Takeshi, “(すい)(めん)(たたか)いの(まき) [Water Struggle]”, in (しん)(てっ)(けん)チンミ [New Ironfist Chinmi], 2nd edition, volume 6 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, pages 158–161:
      (こん)()はこっちの(ばん)だソウビ‼
      Kondo wa kotchi no ban da Sōbi‼
      It’s my turn now, Sōbi‼
      Mu
      Mm?
      (つう)‥‥(はい)‥‥(けん)‼‼
      Tsū‥‥hai‥‥ken‼‼
      Tong‥‥bei‥‥quan‼‼
      (つう)(はい)(けん)()(はし)でみせたあの(わざ)で (みず)を‥‥‼
      Tsūhaiken⁉ Tsurihashi de miseta ano waza de Mizu o‥‥‼
      Tongbeiquan⁉ I saw him use this move at the suspension bridge, but now on water‥‥⁉
    • 2001 January 23, Masami Kurumada, “女神(アテナ)聖闘士(セイント)(まき) [Athena’s Saints]”, in Saint(セイント)(セイ)() [Saint Seiya], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 60:
      ペガサス(りゅう)(せい)(けん)
      Pegasasu Ryūseiken
      Pegasus Meteor Fists‼
    • 2004 September 8, Nobuhiro Watsuki, “(だい)36() カーニバル[(まつり) [Chapter 36: Carnival]”, in ()(ソウ)(レン)(キン) [Armed Alchemy], volume 4, Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:
      (ちょく)(げき)!ブラボー(けん)
      Chokugeki! Burabō-ken
      Direct! Bravo Punch‼

References

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  1. ^ ”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024
  2. ^ 白川静 (Shirakawa Shizuka) (2014) “”, in 字通 (Jitsū)[2] (in Japanese), popular edition, Tōkyō: Heibonsha, →ISBN
  3. ^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 945 (paper), page 522 (digital)
  4. ^ Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 579 (paper), page 302 (digital)
  5. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  6. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  7. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Etymology

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From Middle Chinese (MC gjwen).

Recorded as Middle Korean  (Yale: kkwen) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.

Recorded as Middle Korean (kwen) (Yale: kwen) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

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Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(eumhun 주먹 (jumeok gwon))

  1. hanja form? of (fist)

Compounds

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References

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  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [3]

Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: quyền, quèn, long, thành

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