拳銃

Japanese

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) けんじゅう [kèńjúú] (Heiban – [0])
- IPA^(key): [kẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑɨᵝː]

Noun

拳銃 (hiragana けんじゅう, rōmaji kenjū)

(firearms) a handgun
- 2004 July 7, Watsuki, Nobuhiro, “第だい26話わ　トレーニング・デイ [Chapter 26: Training Day]”, in 武ブ装ソウ錬レン金キン [Armed Alchemy], volume 3, Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 161:
  
  拳 (けん)銃 (じゅう)は最 (さい)後 (ご)の武 (ぶ)器 (き)！銃 (じゅう)口 (こう)を人 (ひと)に向 (む)けてはダメ！
  Kenjū wa saigo no buki! Jūkō o hito ni mukete wa dame!
  Handguns are weapons of last resort! Do not casually point muzzles at people!

See also

ピストル (pisutoru)
リボルバー (riborubā)

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