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Chinese symbol for “fist”

拳头
quán tou
Traditional: 拳頭
fist; (of a product, service, project etc) flagship; key; core

The closest CC-CEDICT match for fist is 拳头 (quán tou), defined as: fist; (of a product, service, project etc) flagship; key; core.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

拳 quán
fist; various forms of boxing
radical 64 ⼿ · 10 strokes
头 tou
head; chief, boss; first, top
radical 37 ⼤ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “fist”

WordPinyinMeaning
拳quánfist; boxing

Related words

Other words that share a character with 拳头.

WordPinyinMeaning
拳击 (拳擊)quán jīboxing
太极拳 (太極拳)tài jí quánshadowboxing or Taiji, T'aichi or T'aichichuan; traditional form of physical exercise or relaxation
铁拳 (鐵拳)tiě quániron fist
拳击手 (拳擊手)quán jī shǒuboxer
跆拳道tái quán dàotaekwondo (Korean martial art)
头发 (頭髮)tóu fahair (on the head)
街头 (街頭)jiē tóustreet
镜头 (鏡頭)jìng tóucamera lens; camera shot (in a movie etc)

See also: Japanese symbol for “fist”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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