拳銃

Japanese
Kanji in this term
拳 銃
けん
Grade: S		 じゅう
Grade: S
kan’on kan’yōon
Alternative spelling
けん銃

Etymology

From 拳 (ken, “fist”) +‎ 銃 (jū, “gun”).

Appeared in 五国対照兵語字書 (Gokoku Taishō Heigo Jisho) of 1881 as a translation of French pistolet.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) けんじゅう [kèńjúú] (Heiban – [0])[4][2]
  • IPA(key): [kẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑɨᵝː]

Noun

拳(けん)銃(じゅう) • (kenjū) ←けんじゆう (kenzyuu)? (counter 丁／挺)

  1. (firearms) a handgun
    Synonyms: ピストル (pisutoru), 短銃 (tanjū)

Derived terms

See also

References
  1. “五国対照兵語字書 〔本編〕”, in 国立国会図書館デジタルコレクション (“National Diet Library Digital Collections”)‎, 参謀本部, 1881-02-08, page 740
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. “拳銃”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  4. 2011, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Seventh Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
拳銃

Noun

拳銃 • (gwonchong) (hangeul 권총)

  1. Hanja form? of 권총 (“pistol, handgun”).
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