quán
fist
Evolution
Seal script
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 拳
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
fist | ||
boxing | ||
fist | ||
boxing champion | ||
taekwondo (Korean martial art) |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*N-kro[n] | gjwen | quán | fist (< rolled-up hand) |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 15.3612% of movies
1203rd most common character in movies
1784th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 10 |
Unicode | U+62F3 |
Shuowen | “拳，手也。从手，聲。” |
Sources
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