と
徒
しゅ
手
くう
空
けん
拳

noun

Messages.yoji.
  1. being empty-handed.
  2. being penniless, having no capital (for starting a business).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
と
徒
しゅ
手
くう
空
けん
拳
 徒手空拳 としゅくうけん

Contained Kanji Breakdown

on foot, junior, emptiness
ト　あだ　かち (4th, N3)
stop, linger, loiter
テキ　たたず.む (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
human radical (no. 9)
run
はし.る　ソウ　はしり (2nd, N4)
soil, earth, ground
ド　つち　は (1st, N5)
stop, halt
と.まる　シ　どめ (2nd, N4)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク　うらな.う　うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
hand
て　シュ　ズ (1st, N4)
empty, sky, void
そら　クウ　す.く (1st, N4)
hole, aperture, slit
あな　ケツ　けな (6th, N1)
shaped crown, katakana u radical (no. 40)
ベン　メン (Kentei 1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ　や　はっ (1st, N5)
craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)
コウ　ク　もく (2nd, N4)
fist
こぶし　ケン (11th, N1)
hand
て　シュ　ズ (1st, N4)