What do the parts of じゃんけんぽん mean?


I imagine that in `じゃんけんぽん`, `けん` corresponds to `拳` which I interpret as
"fist" which is "rock".

Do `じゃん` and `ぽん` correspond to "scissors" and "paper" ?

If not, then do the individual parts of `じゃん`, `けん` and `ぽん` mean anything on
their own or are they derived from another word?




According to [this
article](http://web.archive.org/web/20070718033840/http://gogensanpo.hp.infoseek.co.jp/main2.html),
"じゃんけんぽん" is a corruption of the Chinese pronunciation of "両拳碰, which is
pronounced in Cantonese "loeng kyun pung". 碰 in Chinese means "to collide" or
"to clash", so the full phrase means "two fists collide".




According to [this
article](http://web.archive.org/web/20070718033840/http://gogensanpo.hp.infoseek.co.jp/main2.html),
"じゃんけんぽん" is a corruption of the Chinese pronunciation of "両拳碰, which is
pronounced in Cantonese "loeng kyun pung". 碰 in Chinese means "to collide" or
"to clash", so the full phrase means "two fists collide".

