quán

Traditional: 拳

HSK 5
#601 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

fist; entire, complete, all

Stroke order

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Examples

He struck out with force.

He works with all his strength.

yuán

He goes to the park every morning to do tai chi.

He has studied tai chi for many years.

zhuō

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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This word is part of lesson 13.