拳

See also: 挙

拳	U+62F3, 拳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-62F3

← 拲
[U+62F2]

CJK Unified Ideographs

拴 →
[U+62F4]

Han character

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

Related characters

券

Derived characters

𱐉, 𡺹, 搼, 𰯈, 𨃪, 𩏗, 𦶸

References

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

More information simp. and trad., alternative forms ...

simp. and trad.		拳
alternative forms		搼

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Glyph origin

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	Old Chinese
潫	qroːn, qon, *qron
豢	*ɡroːns
勬	kron, krons
韏	kronʔ, ɡrons, *kʰons
眷	*krons
桊	*krons
絭	krons, kʰrons, kons, kʰons, *koɡ
觠	krons, ɡron
飬	*krons
弮	kʰron, krons
拳	*ɡron
卷	ɡron, kronʔ, krons, ɡonʔ
齤	*ɡron
券	*kʰons

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Characters in the same phonetic series (龹) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡron) : phonetic 龹 () + semantic 手 (“hand”) – a fist is a form of a hand.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character	拳
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	仙 (80)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	巨員切
Baxter	gjwen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡˠiuᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡʷᵚiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiuæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gwian/
Li Rong	/ɡjuɛn/
Wang Li	/ɡĭwɛn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gi̯wɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	quán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kyun⁴

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Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	拳
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.

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More information Zhengzhang system (2003), Character ...

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	拳
Reading #	1/1
No.	7165
Phonetic component	
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	權
Old Chinese	/*ɡron/

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Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): quán (quan²)

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄢˊ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): quan²
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): kyun⁴ / kyun^4-2

(Taishan, Wiktionary): kun³
Gan (Wiktionary): qyon²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): khièn / khiàn

(Meixian, Guangdong): kian²
Jin (Wiktionary): qye¹
Northern Min (KCR): gṳ̂ing
Eastern Min (BUC): gùng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kûn / koân / khoân

(Teochew, Peng'im): kung⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶jioe
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): qye²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: quán
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cyuán
  - Wade–Giles: chʻüan²
  - Yale: chywán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyuan
  - Palladius: цюань (cjuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: quan²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: kuan
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰyan²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: kyun⁴ / kyun^4-2
  - Yale: kyùhn / kyún
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kyn⁴ / kyn^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: kün⁴ / kün^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰyːn²¹/, /kʰyːn²¹⁻³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: kun³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰun²²/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: qyon²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰyɵn²⁴/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khièn
  - Hakka Romanization System: kien^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kian²
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: kian^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kian²
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯an¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: kian²
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰian¹¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: qye¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕʰye¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gṳ̂ing
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyiŋ³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gùng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuŋ⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kûn
  - Tâi-lô: kûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kuun
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kun²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /kun²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kun¹³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koân
  - Tâi-lô: kuân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koaan
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /kuan²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan²³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoân
  - Tâi-lô: khuân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoaan
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰuan¹³/

Note:

kûn - vernacular;
koân/khoân - literary.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: kung⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khûng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuŋ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶jioe
  - MiniDict: jioe^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³jjyoe
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /d͡ʑyø²³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: qye²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯e̞¹³/

Middle Chinese: gjwen

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*N-kro[n]/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɡron/

Definitions

拳

fist
Chinese boxing
Classifier for strikes made with a fist.
Alternative form of 踡 (quán, “to curl; to bend up”)
a surname
Martial

Synonyms

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Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		拳
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		拳頭, 拳
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	拳頭
	Taiwan	拳頭
	Ulanhot	拳頭
	Tongliao	拳頭
	Chifeng	拳頭
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	拳頭
	Harbin	拳頭
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	拳頭, 拳
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	拳頭
	Wanrong	槌頭子
	Wanrong (Ronghe)	槌骨嘟
	Zhengzhou	槌
	Xi'an	槌頭子
	Xining	槌頭, 槌骨嘟
	Xuzhou	皮槌, 槌頭子
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	槌頭
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	槌頭
	Bayanhot	拳頭, 槌頭
	Lanzhou	槌頭
	Ürümqi	槌頭
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	砣子, 皮砣子, 掟子
	Wuhan	拳頭, 槌子
	Guiyang	槌頭, 槌槌, 砣砣, 皮砣砣, 皮砣
	Kunming	拳頭
	Guilin	拳頭
	Liuzhou	拳頭
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	拳頭
	Yangzhou	拳頭
	Nantong	拳頭
	Hefei	拳頭
Cantonese	Guangzhou	拳頭
	Hong Kong	拳頭
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	拳頭
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	拳頭公
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	拳頭
	Taishan	拳頭
	Dongguan	拳頭牯, 拳頭
	Yangjiang	拳頭, 槌頭
	Xinyi	拳槌
	Nanning	拳頭, 拳槌
	Wuzhou	拳頭, 拳槌
	Yulin	拳槌
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	拳頭, 槌頭
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	拳頭
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	拳頭
Gan	Nanchang	拳頭, 槌頭
	Lichuan	拳頭
	Pingxiang	槌頭牯
Hakka	Meixian	拳頭
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	拳頭
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	拳牯
	Wengyuan	拳頭
	Liannan	拳
	Jiexi	拳頭牯
	Luhe	拳頭牯
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	拳頭嫲牯
	Changting	拳頭
	Wuping	拳頭
	Wuping (Yanqian)	拳頭
	Ninghua	拳頭牯, 拳頭
	Yudu	拳頭牯, 拳頭
	Ningdu	拳頭腦
	Shicheng	拳頭牯
	Tonggu (Sandu)	拳頭
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	拳頭
	Dayu	拳頭
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	拳頭嫲, 拳頭
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	拳頭嫲, 拳頭
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	拳頭嫲, 拳頭
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	拳頭嫲, 拳頭
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	拳頭嫲, 拳頭
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	拳頭嫲, 拳頭
	Hong Kong	拳頭, 拳頭牯
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	拳頭
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	拳頭
	Xinyi (Sihe)	拳頭
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	拳頭
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	拳頭
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	拳頭
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	拳捶
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	拳, 拳頭
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	拳頭
	Mengshan (Xihe)	拳
	Luchuan	拳
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	槌
	Senai (Huiyang)	拳頭
Huizhou	Jixi	拳頭
Jin	Taiyuan	圪都, 槌頭, 槌, 拳頭
	Pingyao	圪都, 槌頭子
	Xinzhou	拳頭, 圪督子, 槌頭
	Taibus (Baochang)	拳頭
	Linhe	槌頭
	Jining	拳頭
	Hohhot	拳頭, 槌頭, 圪頭, 圪都
	Baotou	拳頭
	Dongsheng	拳頭
	Haibowan	槌頭
Northern Min	Jian'ou	拳頭
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	拳頭母, 拳頭
Eastern Min	Fuqing	拳頭, 拳頭母
Southern Min	Xiamen	拳頭母, 拳頭
	Quanzhou	拳頭母, 拳頭
	Jinjiang	拳頭母
	Yongchun	拳頭母
	Zhangzhou	拳頭母, 拳頭
	Zhao'an	拳頭, 拳頭母
	Dongshan	拳頭母
	Taipei	拳頭母
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	拳頭母
	Kaohsiung	拳頭母, 拳頭
	Yilan	拳頭, 拳頭母
	Changhua (Lukang)	拳頭, 拳頭母
	Taichung	拳頭母
	Taichung (Wuqi)	拳頭母
	Tainan	拳頭母
	Taitung	拳頭母
	Hsinchu	拳頭, 拳頭母
	Kinmen	拳頭
	Penghu (Magong)	拳頭, 拳頭母
	Penang (Hokkien)	拳頭母
	Manila (Hokkien)	拳頭母
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	拳頭, 拳頭母
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	拳頭母
	Chaozhou	拳頭母
	Shantou	拳頭母, 拳頭
	Jieyang	拳頭母
	Haifeng	拳頭
	Bangkok (Teochew)	拳頭
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	拳頭
	Wenchang	拳母, 拳頭母
	Haikou	拳母, 拳
Puxian Min	Putian	拳頭, 拳頭牯
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	拳頭牯
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	拳頭牯
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	拳頭, 拳頭母
	Xianyou	拳頭牯
	Xianyou (Fengting)	拳頭, 拳頭牯
	Xianyou (Youyang)	拳頭, 拳頭牯
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	拳頭, 拳槌
Shehua	Fu'an	拳頭
	Fuding	拳頭
	Luoyuan	拳頭
	Sanming	拳頭
	Shunchang	拳頭
	Hua'an	拳頭
	Cangnan	拳頭
	Jingning (Hexi)	拳頭牯
	Lishui	鋤頭牯
	Longyou	鋤頭牯
	Chaozhou	拳頭
	Fengshun	拳頭牯
Wu	Shanghai	拳頭
	Shanghai (Chongming)	拳頭
	Suzhou	拳頭
	Wuxi	拳頭
	Danyang	拳頭
	Hangzhou	拳頭
	Ningbo	拳頭
	Wenzhou	拳, 拳頭
	Jinhua	拳, 拳頭
Xiang	Changsha	拳頭牯
	Loudi	槌頭牯, 槌頭
	Shuangfeng	槌頭牯
	Hengyang	拳頭牯
	Quanzhou	拳頭

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Dialectal synonyms of 拳頭 (“fist”) [map]

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (拳):

→ Japanese: 拳(けん) (ken)
→ Korean: 권(拳) (gwon)
→ Vietnamese: quyền (拳)

Others:

→ Bouyei: jianz
→ Khmer: គុន (kun)
→ Zhuang: gienz

Compounds

一拳
一拳柱定
仙人拳
內家拳法 / 内家拳法
八卦拳
八極拳 / 八极拳 (bājíquán)
六合拳譜 / 六合拳谱
划拳 (huáquán)
北拳 (běiquán)
南拳 (nánquán)
太極拳 / 太极拳 (tàijíquán)
少林拳 (Shàolínquán)
巴子拳
庚子拳亂 / 庚子拳乱
形意拳
截短拳
戳短拳
打太平拳
打太極拳 / 打太极拳 (dǎ tàijíquán)
打拳 (dǎquán)
抱拳 (bàoquán)
拳不離手，曲不離口 / 拳不离手，曲不离口 (quánbùlíshǒu, qūbùlíkǒu)
拳交 (quánjiāo)
拳勇
拳匪
拳壇 / 拳坛
拽大拳
拳套 (quántào)
拳師 / 拳师 (quánshī)
拳打 (quándǎ)
拳打腳踢 / 拳打脚踢 (quándǎjiǎotī)
拳拳 (quánquán)
拳拳服膺
拳擊 / 拳击 (quánjī)
拳攣 / 拳挛
拳曲 (quánqū)
拳棒
拳民
拳法 (quánfǎ)
拳派
拳王 (quánwáng)
拳腳 / 拳脚 (quánjiǎo)
拳腳交加 / 拳脚交加
拳術 / 拳术 (quánshù)
拳譜 / 拳谱
拳賽 / 拳赛 (quánsài)
拳跼
拳銃 / 拳铳
拳頭 / 拳头
拳頭產品 / 拳头产品
捋臂將拳 / 捋臂将拳
捋臂揎拳
捋袖揎拳
掄拳 / 抡拳
握拳
揮拳 / 挥拳
揎拳捋袖
揎拳擄袖 / 揎拳掳袖
揎拳攞袖 / 揎拳𫽋袖
握拳透掌
握拳透爪
搳拳 (huáquán)
摩拳擦掌 (móquáncāzhǎng)
撞心拳
擎拳合掌
擄袖揎拳 / 掳袖揎拳
擦拳抹掌
擦拳磨掌
擦掌摩拳
擦掌磨拳
攛拳攏袖 / 撺拳拢袖
查拳
毒手尊拳
比箭掄拳 / 比箭抡拳
泰國拳 / 泰国拳
洶洶拳拳 / 汹汹拳拳
無拳無勇 / 无拳无勇
猜拳 (cāiquán)
直拳
磨拳擦掌 (móquáncāzhǎng)
美人拳
義和拳 / 义和拳 (Yìhéquán)
老拳 (lǎoquán)
花拳
花拳繡腿 / 花拳绣腿 (huāquánxiùtuǐ)
莒拳
虎爪拳
蛇拳
螳螂拳
裸袖揎拳
話拳 / 话拳
豁拳 (huáquán)
赤手空拳 (chìshǒukōngquán)
跆拳道 (táiquándào)
蹬心拳
通臂拳
醉拳 (zuìquán)
鈀子拳 / 钯子拳
鐵拳 / 铁拳 (tiěquán)
長拳 / 长拳
隻手單拳 / 只手单拳
隻手空拳 / 只手空拳
雞肋尊拳 / 鸡肋尊拳
飽以老拳 / 饱以老拳 (bǎoyǐlǎoquán)

Shinjitai	拳
Kyūjitai ^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]	拳󠄁 拳+`󠄁`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
	拳󠄃 拳+`󠄃`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

拳

(Jōyō kanji)

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.
fist, usually as a suffix in the names of martial art moves

Readings

Go-on: げん (gen)^{←げん (gen, historical)}^{←ぐゑん (gwen, ancient)}
Kan-on: けん (ken, Jōyō)^{←けん (ken, historical)}^{←くゑん (kwen, ancient)}
Kun: こぶし (kobushi, 拳, Jōyō)
Nanori: かたし (katashi)、つとむ (tsutomu)

Compounds

拳(けん)拳(けん) (kenken)
拳(げん)固(こ) (genko)
拳(げん)骨(こつ) (genkotsu)
拳(げん)酒(ざけ) (genzake)
拳(けん)銃(じゅう) (kenjū)
拳(けん)打(だ) (kenda)
拳(けん)玉(だま) (kendama)
拳(けん)闘(とう) (kentō, “boxing”)
拳(けん)匪(ぴ) (kenpi)
拳(けん)法(ぽう) (kenpō)
拳(げん)万(まん) (genman)
合(あい)拳(けん) (aiken)
石(いし)拳(けん) (ishiken)
狐(きつね)拳(けん) (kitsuneken)
軍(ぐん)師(し)拳(けん) (gunshiken)
薩(さつ)摩(ま)拳(けん) (satsumaken)
じゃん拳(けん) (janken)
手(しゅ)拳(けん) (shuken)
庄(しょう)屋(や)拳(けん) (shōyaken)
少(しょう)林(りん)拳(けん) (shōrinken)
太(たい)極(きょく)拳(けん) (taikyokuken)
鉄(てっ)拳(けん) (tekken)
闘(とう)拳(けん) (tōken)
藤(とう)八(はち)拳(けん) (tōhachiken)
徒(と)手(しゅ)空(くう)拳(けん) (toshukūken)
虎(とら)拳(けん) (toraken)
本(ほん)拳(けん) (honken)
交(ま)ぜ拳(けん), 雑(ま)ぜ拳(けん) (mazeken)
虫(むし)拳(けん) (mushiken)
野(や)球(きゅう)拳(けん) (yakyūken)

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拳
こぶし Grade: S
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【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, 拳, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

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拳
けん Grade: S
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From Middle Chinese 拳 (MC gjwen).

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

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) けん [kéꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[6]^[7] for the noun sense
IPA^(key): [kẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

拳(けん) • (ken)

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

Suffix

拳(けん) • (-ken)

(martial arts) used in the names of styles, or moves that involve punching
Antonym: 脚 (-kyaku)

蟷(とう)螂(ろう)拳(けん)
tōrōken
mantis style

太(たい)極(きょく)拳(けん)
taikyokuken
tai chi

波(は)動(どう)拳(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:
  
  やつの目(もく)的(てき)はおそらく、山(やま)千(せん)拳(けん)と対(つい)をなす海(うみ)千(せん)拳(けん)の秘(ひ)伝(でん)書(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.
  海(うみ)千(せん)拳(けん)？
  Umisenken?
  Umisenken?
- 2000 December 20 [1999 May 17], Maekawa, Takeshi, “水(すい)面(めん)の戦(たたか)いの巻(まき) [Water Struggle]”, in 新(しん)鉄(てっ)拳(けん)チンミ [New Ironfist Chinmi], 2nd edition, volume 6 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, pages 158–161:
  
  今(こん)度(ど)はこっちの番(ばん)だソウビ‼
  Kondo wa kotchi no ban da Sōbi‼
  It’s my turn now, Sōbi‼
  む
  Mu
  Mm?
  通(つう)‥‥背(はい)‥‥拳(けん)‼‼
  Tsū‥‥hai‥‥ken‼‼
  Tong‥‥bei‥‥quan‼‼
  通(つう)背(はい)拳(けん)⁉吊(つ)り橋(はし)でみせたあの技(わざ)で　水(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)の聖闘士(セイント)の巻(まき) [Athena’s Saints]”, in Saint(セイント)星(セイ)矢(ヤ) [Saint Seiya], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 60:
  
  ペガサス流(りゅう)星(せい)拳(けん)‼
  Pegasasu Ryūseiken‼
  Pegasus Meteor Fists‼
- 2004 September 8, Nobuhiro Watsuki, “第(だい)36話(わ)　カーニバル［祭(まつり)］ [Chapter 36: Carnival]”, in 武(ブ)装(ソウ)錬(レン)金(キン) [Armed Alchemy], volume 4, Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:
  
  直(ちょく)撃(げき)！ブラボー拳(けん)‼
  Chokugeki! Burabō-ken‼
  Direct! Bravo Punch‼

References

[1]
“拳”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025
[2]
白川静 (Shirakawa Shizuka) (2014) “拳”, in 字通 (Jitsū)‎ (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

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 拳 (MC gjwen).

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

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

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

拳

Wikisource 拳 (eumhun 주먹 권 (jumeok gwon))

hanja form^? of 권 (“fist”)

Compounds

권총 (拳銃, gwonchong)
권투 (拳鬪, gwontu)
철권 (鐵拳, cheolgwon)
권법 (拳法, gwonbeop)
권용 (拳勇, gwonyong)
태권도 (跆拳道, taegwondo, “taekwondo”)

References

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

Han character

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

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[1] [1]
“拳”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

[2] [2]
白川静 (Shirakawa Shizuka) (2014) “拳”, in 字通 (Jitsū)‎ (in Japanese), popular edition, Tōkyō: Heibonsha, →ISBN

[3] [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] [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)

[KDJ-5] [5]
Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-6] [6]
Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[SMK7-7] [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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