拳

Related characters

 * 券

Glyph origin
– a fist is a form of a hand.

Etymology
From (also cf. ).

Definitions

 * 1) fist
 * 2) Chinese boxing
 * 3) Martial
 * 1) Martial
 * 1) Martial
 * 1) Martial

Descendants
Others:

Kanji

 * 1) 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.
 * 2) fist, usually as a suffix in the names of martial art moves

Etymology 2
From.

The standalone noun senses are first cited to texts from the 1500s.

Noun

 * 1)  a fist
 * 2)  any of the martial arts that use the fists for striking, such as
 * 3)  any of several finger-shape games, including
 * 1)  any of several finger-shape games, including

Suffix

 * 1)  used in the names of styles, or moves that involve punching

Etymology
From.