clenched fist; iron fist
rock-paper-scissors; janken
Chinese martial arts; kung fu; wushu · kenpō; kempo
Tai Chi Chuan; grand ultimate fist
boxing
both fists
respectfully; faithfully; with reverence
proper fist; straight punch
kitsune-ken; fox game
bare hands; empty-handed; from nothing
mushi-ken; Japanese rock-paper-scissors variant using frog, snake, and slug hand gestures
backfist; backhand strike
sword guard; tsuba
drunken boxing
bajiquan (Chinese martial art)
Standard kanji spelling for this sense of hand games.
The kanji 拳 originally means 'fist' and is used here in the sense of hand gestures for games. The exact derivation of this usage is uncertain.