Chinese Character 拳 Meanings and components.

Form

拳

Meaning

拳 meaning[3] in English

Fist.

Boxing.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 拳 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (龹) , and hand (手)

Its radical[1] is: 手 (shou3) which means: Hand, (Formal) To Hold, Person Engaged In Certain Types Of Work, Person Skilled In Certain Types Of Work, Personal(Ly), Convenient, Classifier For Skill, Cl:雙|双[Shuang1],隻|只[Zhi1], .手shou3hand

In cangjie it is written with FQQ

How to write 拳

To write拳quan2fist you should write a combination of 龹龹5 , 手shou3hand arranged in a 吕 shape:

龹 + 手 = 拳

拳 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 拳 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 拳, looks as follow:

拳
Pinyin:quan2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Fist . Boxing
龹
Pinyin:龹5 Shape:一
手
Pinyin:shou3
Meaning[3]: Hand . (Formal) To Hold . Person Engaged In Certain Types Of Work . Person Skilled In Certain Types Of Work . Personal(Ly) . Convenient . Classifier For Skill . Cl:雙|双[Shuang1],隻|只[Zhi1]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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