拳 (quán): fist, boxing
拳 (quán) is a Chinese character meaning “fist.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 龹 (phonetic) and 手 (semantic). It ranks #1767 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 拳 hand. Its radical form 扌 (hand) appears in many related characters such as 手 (shǒu, hand), 打 (dǎ, hit, make), 找 (zhǎo, to look for).
Definitions
- fist
- boxing
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拳击noun | quán jī | boxing |
| 拳头noun | quán tou | fist |
| 拳王noun | quán wáng | boxing champion |
| 拳击手noun | quán jī shǒu | boxer |
| 拳手noun | quán shǒu | boxer |
| 跆拳道noun | tái quán dào | taekwondo (Korean martial art) |
| 打拳verb | dǎ quán | to do shadowboxing |
| 拳脚noun | quán jiǎo | Chinese boxing |
| 赤手空拳phrase | chì shǒu kōng quán | (idiom) with one's bare hands (unarmed – also figuratively: without assistance) |
| 铁拳noun | tiě quán | iron fist |
| 拳套noun | quán tào | boxing glove |
| 拳法noun | quán fǎ | boxing |
| 猜拳verb | cāi quán | finger-guessing game |
| 拳打脚踢phrase | quán dǎ jiǎo tī | lit. to punch and kick (idiom) |
| 摩拳擦掌phrase | mó quán cā zhǎng | fig. to rub one's fists and wipe one's palms (idiom) |
拳 appears in 78 compound words: 27 as the first character, 63 as the last, and 10 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 拳 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (9)
bare-handed and unarmed; without any reliance; without anything to rely on
highly embellished and ineffectual; fancy but impractical skills; all show and no go; pugilistic
to rub one's fists and wipe one's palms; to roll up one's sleeves for a battle
bare-handed and unarmed; without any reliance; without anything to rely on
highly embellished and ineffectual; fancy but impractical skills; all show and no go; pugilistic
to rub one's fists and wipe one's palms; to roll up one's sleeves for a battle
Example Sentences
请拳出你的证件，配合我们的工作。
qǐng quán chū nǐ de zhèng jiàn , pèi gě wǒ men de gōng zuò .
Please present your identification and cooperate with our investigation.
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zhōng zhí 6 duì qiú xīng nǚ hái pèng quán huì tián měi dēng chǎng 3 2 0 xià wǔ 1 diǎn xiàn liàng kāi mài
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老年人子宫下垂的治疗?太极拳增强核心肌群有帮助吗
lǎo nián rén zǐ gōng xià chuí de zhì liáo ? tài jí quán zēng qiáng hé xīn jī qún yǒu bāng zhù ma
Treatment of uterine ptosis in the elderly? Does tai chi help strengthen the core muscles?
《拳霸》Tony Jaa传患癌后近况曝光 化...
quán bà T o n y J a a chuán huàn ái hòu jìn kuàng pù guāng huà . . .
"Boxing Overlord" Tony Jaa's recent situation after being rumored to be suffering from cancer was exposed...
...男清晨醉返家未带磁扣 与大楼管理员口角挥拳相向遭警逮捕
. . . nán qīng chén zuì fǎn jiā wèi dài cí kòu yǔ dà lóu guǎn lǐ yuán kǒu jiǎo huī quán xiāng xiàng zāo jǐng dǎi bǔ
... The man returned home drunk in the early morning without a magnetic buckle and was arrested by the police for a verbal altercation with the building administrator and fist fighting
...梨14岁被TVB高层借醉非礼 幸黄树棠出拳相救:佢话𡃁妹你都搞
. . . lí 1 4 suì bèi T V B gāo céng jiè zuì fēi lǐ xìng huáng shù 棠 chū quán xiāng jiù : 佢 huà mèi nǐ dōu gǎo
... Li was drunk and indecent at the age of 14 by TVB executives, but fortunately, Huang Shutang punched to save him: He said that you can do it too
空手赤拳抓野兔并不容易。
Kōngshǒu chì quán zhuā yětù bìngbù róngyì.
It is not easy to catch a hare with your bare hands.
我很喜欢北斗之拳！
Wǒ hěn xǐhuan Běidǒu zhī quán!
I love Fist of the North Star!
汤姆握紧了他的拳头。
Tāngmǔ wò jǐn le tā de quántou.
Tom clenched his fists.
出拳就是出拳。出脚就是出脚。
Chū quán jiùshì chū quán. chū jiǎo jiùshì chū jiǎo.
A punch is just a punch. A kick is just a kick.
Character Family
扌 Radical Family — Characters sharing the hand radical
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