Japanese symbol for “tekken”
鉄拳
てっけん
Romaji: tekken
Tekken (video game series and media franchise)
In Japanese, tekken is 鉄拳, read てっけん (tekken).
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Meanings
- n Tekken (video game series and media franchise)
- n Tekken (1990 film)
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鉄道 | てつどう tetsudou | railroad; railway; rail transport |
| 地下鉄 | ちかてつ chikatetsu | subway; metro; underground (railway) |
| 国鉄 | こくてつ kokutetsu | national railway |
| 鉄骨 | てっこつ tekkotsu | steel frame; steel beam; steel girder |
| 鉄筋 | てっきん tekkin | rebar; (iron) reinforcing bar; reinforcing steel |
| 私鉄 | してつ shitetsu | private railway |
| 拳銃 | けんじゅう kenjuu | pistol; handgun |
| 拳法 | けんぽう kenpou | Chinese martial arts; kung fu; wushu |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.