拳銃

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.^[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) けんじゅう [kèńjúú] (Heiban – [0])^[4][2]
• IPA^(key): [kẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑɨː]

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 [Chapter 26: Training Day]”, in 武(ブ)装(ソウ)錬(レン)金(キン) [Armed Alchemy], 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!

See also

• リボルバー (riborubā)

References

Noun

拳銃 • (gwonchong) (hangeul 권총)

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