権

See also 權, and 权

Translingual

shinjitai	権
simplified	权
traditional	權

Etymology

Japanese shinjitai Simplified from 權 (雚 → a component which cannot be displayed independently). Simplified component is roughly 隺; it is derived from 隹; same simplification occurs in 観.

Han character

権 (radical 75 木+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 木人大土 (DOKG))

1. power, right, authority

Related characters

• 観

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 551, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15484
• Dae Jaweon: page 939, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 8 (in addendum), page 20, character 26
• Unihan data for U+6A29

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Japanese

Kanji

権 (grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: けん (ken), ごん (gon)
• Kun: おもり (omori), はかる (hakaru), かり (kari)

Compounds

権威 (けんい, ken'i) 権益 (けんえき, ken'eki) 権官 (ごんかん, gonkan) 権化 (ごんげ, gonge) 権限 (けんげん, kengen) 権勢 (けんせい, kensei)

権能 (けんのう, kennō) 権謀術数 (けんぼうじゅっすう, kenbōjussū) 権利 (けんり, kenri) 権力 (けんりょく, kenryoku) 官権 (かんけん, kanken) 公権 (こうけん, kōken)

私権 (しけん, siken) 自然権 (しぜんけん, sizenken) 特権 (とっけん, tokken) 利権 (りけん, riken)

Suffix

権 (hiragana けん, romaji ken)

1. right to do something, authority

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Korean

Hanja

権 (hangeul 권, revised gwon, McCune-Reischauer kwŏn, Yale kwen)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

権 (pinyin quán (quan2), Wade-Giles ch'üan²)