拳

fist / boxing

拳 = 关 + 手 : Cupid (qu) trains his fist (拳) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). He just started though, so he wants to start easy and just hits a baseball glove (手) he hung on the wall. Unfortunately he hung it right over the anthill's off-button (关) so that upon his first hit the lights go out.

拳 character breakdown

拳
- 手
- 关
  - 丷
  - 天
    - 一
    - 大
      - 一
      - 人
        
        丿
        
        ㇏

手

shǒu = sh + ou3

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]

Mnemonic symbol: a baseball glove. Sherlock Holmes (sh) is trying out his new baseball glove (手) in the outhouse's living room (ou3).

关

關

gua̅n = gu + an1

mountain pass / to close; to shut; to turn off / to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc) / to concern; to involve

关 = 丷 + 天 : A mean crocodile (丷) is chasing Gitta Giraffe (gu) in front of the anthill (an1). It almost caught up, when an angel (天) appears and pushes its off button (mnemonic symbol for 关) to save Gitta Giraffe.

Characters with 拳 as component

拳 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 拳

跆

tái

拳

quán

道

dào

taekwondo (Korean martial art)

花

hua̅

拳

quán

showy boxing of no practical use / see 花拳繡腿|花拳绣腿

义

義

yì

和

hé

拳

quán

the Righteous and Harmonious Fists / the Boxers (history)

翻

fa̅n

子

拳

quán

Fanziquan - "Overturning Fist" - Martial Art

花

hua̅

拳

quán

绣

繡

xiù

腿

tuǐ

flowery of fist with fancy footwork (idiom) / highly embellished and ineffectual / fancy but impractical skills / all show and no go / pugilistic wankery

磨

mó

拳

quán

擦

ca̅

掌

zhǎng

variant of 摩拳擦掌[mo1 quan2 ca1 zhang3]

华

華

huá