Meanings
- fist
Strokes10
JLPT levelN1
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1935 of 2,500
Kanji N1
拳: fist
拳 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning fist, written with 10 strokes. It is read ケン, ゲン (on) and こぶし (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in じゃん拳 (じゃんけん, rock-paper-scissors) and 拳 (こぶし, fist).
拳
On reading · Kun reading
On reading
- ケン
- ゲン
On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.
Kun reading
- こぶし
Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.
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Common words with 拳
The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.
- じゃん拳じゃんけんJLPT N2
rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
- 拳こぶし
fist
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