拳闘

拳闘

Japanese

Kanji in this term
拳	闘
けん Grade: S	とう Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

拳 (ken, “fist”) +‎ 闘 (tō, “fighting”)

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) けんとー [kèńtóó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [kẽ̞nto̞ː]

Noun

拳闘 (hiragana けんとう, rōmaji kentō)

1. Synonym of ボクシング (bokushingu, “boxing”) (the sport of boxing)

Derived terms

• 拳 (けん)闘 (とう)家 (か) (kentōka)