拳銃

Japanese

Kanji in this term
拳	銃
けん Grade: S	じゅう Grade: S
kan’on	kan’yōon

Alternative spelling
けん銃

Etymology

From 拳 (ken, “fist”) +‎ 銃 (jū, “gun”).

Appeared in 五国対照兵語字書 (Gokoku Taishō Heigo Jisho) of 1881 as a translation of French pistolet.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) けんじゅう [kèńjúú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑɨᵝː]

Noun

拳(けん)銃(じゅう) • (kenjū) ^{←けんじゆう (kenzyuu)?} (counter 丁／挺)

1. (firearms) a handgun

   Synonyms: ピストル (pisutoru), 短銃 (tanjū)

   • 2004 July 7, Nobuhiro Watsuki, “第(だい)26(にじゅうろく)話(わ)　トレーニング・デイ”, in 武(ブ)装(ソウ)錬(レン)金(キン), volume 3, Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 161:

     拳(けん)銃(じゅう)は最(さい)後(ご)の武(ぶ)器(き)！銃(じゅう)口(こう)を人(ひと)に向(む)けてはダメ！

     Kenjū wa saigo no buki! Jūkō o hito ni mukete wa dame!

     Handguns are weapons of last resort! Do not casually point muzzles at people!

Derived terms

• 自(じ)動(どう)拳(けん)銃(じゅう) (jidō kenjū)

See also

• リボルバー (riborubā)

Korean

Hanja in this term
拳	銃

Noun

拳銃 • (gwonchong) (hangeul 권총)

1. Hanja form^? of 권총 (“pistol, handgun”).