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Fist


Radical Combination


Meaning

Fist

Mnemonic

A gladiator turns his hand into a fist. A fist for punching other gladiators.

Picture the gladiator squeezing his hand into a tight fist, raising it up and yelling.


Reading

On'yomi

けん, げん

Kun'yomi

こぶし

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

The gladiator's fist is now aimed at Ken (けん) the samurai. Little does the gladiator know, Ken knows the ways of the samurai and the gladiator. He slowly raises his own hands and turns them into fists.

Ken and the gladiator clash! Fists fly! You've never seen hand-to-hand combat like this! You can hardly keep up!!


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