Chinese characters : Query result

Character: 拳

Modern (Beijing) reading: quán

Preclassic Old Chinese: ghʷren

Classic Old Chinese: ghwren

Western Han Chinese: ghwrjan

Eastern Han Chinese: ghwran

Early Postclassic Chinese: ghwen

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ghwen

Late Postclassic Chinese: ghwen

Middle Chinese: gwen

English meaning : fist; strength

Russian meaning[s]: кулак; сжимать(ся) в кулак; бить кулаком; боксировать; бокс

Comments: Schüssler (p. 500) thinks that the word is the same as 卷 *ghʷren 'be bent, curved, curled' q.v. ("what is curled" = "fist"), which is dubious. For *ghʷ- cf. Xiamen khuŋ², Chaozhou khuŋ², Longdu khian².

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 64

Four-angle index: 3281

Karlgren code: 0226 g

Vietnamese reading: quyền

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