Memory phrase for the Kanji: 拳

拳

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Meaning fist, force

Pronunciation

KEN
kobushi

Explanation

Top: border guard 龹 (= raised hands 丷, person 人, two bars 二) [cf. checkpoint 関], bottom: hand 手

Mnemonic
 
The border guard has a hand, which is a fist.

Radicals

龹 border guardA barrier with two 二 barrier bars and a person 人 with upraised arms 丷 mark the: border guard.
扌 handSeveral characters are used for hand: ナ, 扌, 手, ヨ
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 Vocabulary

拳法 けんぽう  Chinese martial art of self-defence
拳闘選手 けんとうせんしゅ  Boxer

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