Etymology

kenpo

K5E1N1P3O1

Today it means: Any of various Japanese martial arts. Full definition →

Japanese 拳法
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from拳法
  2. English todaykenpo

Borrowed from Japanese 拳法. Doublet of quanfa.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.