Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 拳


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Meaning

fist, force

Pronunciation

KEN
kobushi

Explanation

Top: border guard (= raised hands , person , two bars ) [cf. checkpoint ], bottom: hand

Mnemonic

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

Radicals

border guard(A barrier with two barrier bars and a person with upraised arms mark the: border guard.)
hand(Several characters are used for hand: ナ, , , 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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