10 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade
JLPT exam level N1

fist

Kun'yomi
  • fist
On'yomi
  • hand game (e.g. rock-paper-scissors)
  • ゲン

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

こぶし 62.6%
ケンゲン 37.4%

Character Breakdown

fist
こぶし ケン (11th, N1)
hand
て シュ ズ (1st, N4)

Common Words

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References

Unicode hex code 62F3
JIS X 0208 1-23-93
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1900
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2148
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 3295
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1705
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2316
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2917
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 1290
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 1852
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1206
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 11996X
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2078
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 817
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3c6.18
Four corner code 9050.2