拳 — fist

こぶし拳 fist

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 10 strokes

U+62F3 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1935 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1290 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

fist

word

こぶし kobushi Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

拳(こぶし) kobushi fist

けん ken On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

拳(けん) 銃(じゅう) kenjuu pistol

Appears in idioms

徒手空拳四字熟語

on foot, hand, sky, fist

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

に二 two #7

龹 fist top

ひと人 person #9

て手 hand #64

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#64 手 hand