Word Meaning じゃん拳

じゃんけん janken

じゃん拳 is read as じゃんけん (janken) and means rock-paper-scissors (game).

Meaning

English

rock-paper-scissors (game)
janken

Reading

Kana

じゃんけん

Romaji

janken

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper grade Kanken 2級 Rank 24844 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

拳

こぶし

fist

内家拳

ないかけん

neijia (Chinese martial arts style)

赤手空拳

せきしゅくうけん

barehanded

武術太極拳

ぶじゅつたいきょくけん

wushu

藤八拳

とうはちけん

game of chance similar to rock, paper scissors, where the different hand gestures symbolize a fox, a hunter and a village head

徒手空拳

としゅくうけん

being empty-handed

五形拳

ごけいけん

Wu Xing Fist

野球拳

やきゅうけん

yakyūken

形意拳

けいいけん

shape-of-the-mind fist

八極拳

はっきょくけん

bajiquan (Chinese martial art)

波動拳

はどうけん

hadouken (fireball attack from the Street Fighter series)

少林拳

しょうりんけん

Shaolin kung fu