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U+6B0A, 權
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B0A

[U+6B09]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+6B0B]

Translingual[edit]

Traditional
Simplified
Japanese
Korean

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 75, +18, 22 strokes, cangjie input 木廿口土 (DTRG), four-corner 44914, composition )

Derived characters[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 563, character 19
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15926
  • Dae Jaweon: page 951, character 32
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1319, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+6B0A

Chinese[edit]

trad.
simp.
alternative forms

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Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character
Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Qin slip script Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *ɡron): semantic (tree) + phonetic (OC *koːns) – a type of tree named 黃華 (Shuowen); phonetically borrowed for "standard weight".

Etymology[edit]

From (OC *ɡron, “fist”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation[edit]


Note:
  • kuang5 - Shantou, Jieyang;
  • kuêng5 - Chaozhou.
  • Wu
  • Xiang

  • Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial () (30)
    Final () (80)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Closed
    Division () III
    Fanqie
    Baxter gjwen
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /ɡˠiuᴇn/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /ɡʷᵚiɛn/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /ɡiuæn/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /gwian/
    Li
    Rong
    /ɡjuɛn/
    Wang
    Li
    /ɡĭwɛn/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /gi̯wɛn/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    quán
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    kyun4
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    quán
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ gjwen ›
    Old
    Chinese
    /*[ɡ]ʷrar/
    English weight of a steelyard

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 4496
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    3
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*ɡron/

    Definitions[edit]

    1. power; authority
        ―  quán  ―  power; authority
    2. right; entitlement
        ―  quán  ―  right
      投票投票  ―  tóupiàoquán  ―  right to vote
    3. steelyard weight
    4. scales
    5. to weigh; to measure; to judge
        ―  quánhéng  ―  to weigh; to judge
    6. expediency; adaptability
      達變达变  ―  tōngquándábiàn  ―  to adapt to circumstances
    7. tentatively; for the time being
        ―  quánqiě  ―  for the time being
        ―  quánchōng  ―  to act temporarily as
    8. (statistics) weight
    9. a surname

    Compounds[edit]

    Descendants[edit]

    Sino-Xenic ():
    • Japanese: (けん) (ken)
    • Korean: 권(權) (gwon)
    • Vietnamese: quyền ()

    Others:

    References[edit]

    Japanese[edit]

    Shinjitai

    Kyūjitai

    Kanji[edit]

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanjikyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

    1. Kyūjitai form of

    Readings[edit]

    Korean[edit]

    Alternative forms[edit]

    Etymology[edit]

    From Middle Chinese (MC *gjwen).

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Hanja[edit]

    (eumhun 권세 (gwonse gwon))

    1. Hanja form? of (power; right).

    Compounds[edit]

    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    : Hán Nôm readings: quyền, quàn

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