TSUMUGU · TOCFL B2 (est.) · 字
拳
ㄑㄩㄢˊ · quán
noun — fist; boxing, a martial-art style
字源 FORM — what the parts do
卷聲juǎn — gives both the meaning and the sounda figure bent rolled-up; 卷亦聲, the curl and the reading in one
IFjuǎn → quán — initial and final shift
The hand (手) rolled shut into a fist — 卷 juǎn gives the sound and the rolling, worn to quán. The same curl that rolls a scroll closes the hand: 拳頭、拳擊、太極拳.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
五指（手）像捲（卷）紙那樣一收，攥成一個拳頭。
The five fingers (手) curl in like a rolled (卷) scroll, closing into a fist.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)拳頭— a fist常用
→拳擊、出拳— to punch; boxing常用
⇒拳法、太極拳— a martial-art style
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension