(quán) - fist; entire, complete, all in Mandarin
quánTraditional: 拳
Translation
fist; entire, complete, all
Word origin
拳 (quán), 'fist', is a phono-semantic compound with the hand radical 手 at the foot and 龹 supplying the sound. The hand radical suits the meaning of a clenched hand. The page also lists the unrelated sense 'entire' carried by the homophone 全; the recorded headword character is non-standard and is flagged for review.
- Origin
- phono-semantic compound
- Root
- 手 (hand radical) + 龹 (phonetic)
Stroke order
拳
Examples
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He struck out with force.
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He works with all his strength.
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He goes to the park every morning to do tai chi.
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He has studied tai chi for many years.
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He struck the table once with his hand.
拳 (quán) means fist and is used in martial arts contexts (拳击, boxing; 太极拳, tai chi; 功夫, kungfu). It also appears in compounds related to fighting (出拳, to throw a punch; 挥拳, to swing a fist). Note: the source entry shows simplified 硂 which appears to be a data anomaly - the correct simplified character is 拳. 拳头 (quán tóu) means fist as a noun phrase. The measure word for punches is 拳 itself (打了一拳, threw one punch).
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