Kanji
Readingけん
Frequency27%
Used in (50 in total)
pistol; handgun; revolver
hand game (e.g. rock-paper-scissors)
tightly clenched fist
Chinese martial arts; kung fu; wushu; kenpō (martial arts); kempo
backhand blow; backhand chop; backfist (karate)
to play a hand game (e.g. rock, paper, scissors)
being empty-handed; being penniless; having no capital (for starting a business)
thrusting technique
hadouken (fireball attack from the Street Fighter series)
(punishment by) striking with fists
shoryuken (uppercut move in the Street Fighter series)
yakyūken; strip version of rock, paper, scissors (similar to strip poker)
drunken boxing; styles of Chinese martial arts that imitate the movements of a drunk person
grand ultimate fist; Tai Chi Chuan
Shorinji Kempo (modern Japanese martial art based on Shaolin kung fu)
deadly fist; killer fist
with bare hands; with or from nothing
Eight Extremities Fist
guard (of a sword)
neijia (Chinese martial arts style); internal martial arts
praying mantis style
shape-of-the-mind fist; Hsing I Chuan
game similar to rock, paper, scissors, with the hand gestures fox, hunter and village headman
Nippon Kempo; Nihon Kempo; Japanese martial art
barehanded; having no wealth or position to rely on (aside from one's own resourcefulness) (when embarking on something)
Wing Chun (traditional Chinese martial art)
rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
mushi-ken; Japanese rock-paper-scissors variant, in which the "frog", "snake" and "slug" are represented by the thumb, forefinger and little finger respectively
game of chance similar to rock, paper scissors, where the different hand gestures symbolize a fox, a hunter and a village head
respectfully; faithfully; seriously; reverently
firmly bear in mind; have something engraved on one's mind (heart)
kendama; Japanese bilboquet (cup-and-ball game)
dementia pugilistica; boxer's dementia; punch-drunk syndrome
Wu Xing Fist; Five Form Fist (Dragon, Snake, Tiger, Crane, Leopard)
wushu; modern sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts
Yangqingquan; Yangqing Fist
Monkey Fist; Monkey-Style kung-fu
Tiger Swallow Fist
rock! paper! scissors!; paper! scissors! rock!; one! two! three!; rock-paper-scissors (game); janken