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拳头 (quán tóu) — Chinese word meaning

HSK 7

拳头 (quán tóu) is a Chinese word: fist. This page shows its pinyin, translation, example sentences, character breakdown, decomposition, and HSK level.

Meaning of 拳头

名 míng noun

fist

他握紧了拳头。

tā wò jǐn le quán tóu

He clenched his fist.

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Word breakdown

拳 quán — fist; the main semantic component referring to a clenched hand

头 tóu — suffix; nominalizes the word to form the noun 'fist'

Structure & writing
1 拳 quán — fist (fingers curled into a ball)

拳 is not used as a component in any other character.

consists of

Stroke order

2 头 tóu — head (of a person or animal)
Xpinyin
头 is a component in 2 characters

consists of

2.2 大 dà — large; great (in volume, area, quantity, force, intensity, etc.; opposite of 小)
Xpinyin
大 is a component in 34 characters
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