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Readings

Kana: ケン、ゲン、こぶし
Romaji: ken, gen, kobushi
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

fist

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  10
Radical Number:  64
Frequency:  1935
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  2-6-4
Korean Reading:  gweon
Chinese Reading:  quan2
Unicode:  62f3
JIS:  377D

Indexes

Nelson Index: 1900
New Nelson Index: 2148
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3c6.18
Four Corner Index: 9050.2
Gakken Index: 1852
Japanese Names Index: 1206
Daikanwanjiten Index: 11996X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 5.0205
Remembering the kanji Index: 2917
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1705
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2316
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1290
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3295

Words

(こぶし)
fist
拳銃 (けんじゅう)
pistol; handgun; revolver
拳法 (けんぽう)
Chinese art of self-defence (defense)
拳闘 (けんとう)
prizefighting; boxing
八極拳 (はっきょくけん)
Eight Extremities Fist
(けん)
hand game (e.g. rock, paper, scissors)
鉄拳 (てっけん)
fist
太極拳 (たいきょくけん)
grand ultimate fist; Tai Chi Chuan
少林寺拳法 (しょうりんじけんぽう)
Shorinji Kempo (modern Japanese martial art based on Shaolin kung fu)
虎燕拳 (こえんけん)
Tiger Swallow Fist
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