'Hadouken' - what does it mean?!

[chrisbush]

Hi all,

Does anyone know if this word actually means anything?!

Thanks! :-)

Chris.

[Nikorasu]

Well, I believe that 'Ken' means fist.

[stroppa]

ken, apparently means fist in japanese, so I'd imagine maybe, that the hadou part will have something to do with fire.

Shinryuken means True Dragon Fist.

[C']

wasn't it Wave Motion Fist.

Been a while so I could be wrong

[112]

im sure it meant cyclone punch............. Dont ask me to translate the hurrcan kick though.its a mouthful!

112

[C']

so I'd imagine maybe, that the hadou part will have something to do with fire.

But being pedantic the Hadouken isn't a fireball technically as it doesn't burn. It's pure concussive energy. Or something

[disco-tom]

Well, Babelfish doesn't come up with anything so I'm no help to you.

[Jashin]

Is it not the first part of a meal?

"I'll have 'Hadoukenchips' please waitress."

Do you see what I did there?

Did you?

[Atarian]

haado as a phonetic katakana version of english simply means 'hard'
hadou means 'surge'.
Ken can indeed mean fist at the end of a word, but also sword and several other things.
So I gues it means something like 'hard punch' or indeed 'surge/wave punch'.

[optimusomega]

I always thought the best translation of it always was just simply 'fireball'

[jassi singh]

just as the shoto-clone ALEX/ALEC in street fighter EX alpha [the geezer with ginger hair and purple GI] shouts..."Fahire Ball"

[dr_manhattan]

i've looked through some japanese text and I think it approximately translates to "Ave it!!"

[bash]

ROFL!

Me n my bro cracked up over that one!

[dr_manhattan]

[vich]

Shoryuken
actually means:

Sho Ryu Ken
Rising Dragon Punch


Hadouken probably means
'ball' motion fist/punch
I'm not sure, I have to check the Kanji out first.




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