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Kanji Detail for 権 - "right, power"

権

  • Meaning

    権 means "right, power." Also associated with temporary.

    1. Right - A legal entitlement; authority.

    2. Power - Influence; control.

    3. Temporary - Provisional; interim.

    4. Weight - A measure; a balance.

  • Words using 権

    • 政権 せいけん Listen (political) administration; political power
    • 選手権 せんしゅけん Listen championship; title (of champion); championship game
    • 人権 じんけん Listen human rights; civil liberties
    • 権利 けんり Listen right; privilege
    • 権力 けんりょく Listen (political) power; authority; influence
    • 債権 さいけん Listen credit; claim
    • 権限 けんげん Listen power; authority; jurisdiction
    • 有権者 ゆうけんしゃ Listen (eligible) voter; elector; constituent

  • Four-character idioms with 権

    • 権謀術数 けんぼうじゅっすう Listen trickery; wiles; finesse
    • 治外法権 ちがいほうけん Listen extraterritoriality
    • 人権蹂躙 じんけんじゅうりん Listen human rights violation; trampling on human rights
    • 傀儡政権 かいらいせいけん Listen puppet government; puppet regime
    • 強権発動 きょうけんはつどう Listen invoking the coercive power of the state; calling upon the power of the state
    • 権謀術策 けんぼうじゅっさく Listen trickery; wiles; intriguing strategy cleverly designed to fool others

  • Origin of 権

    木, the tree, beside 雚, a heron, lending the reading ken: originally a specific tree, borrowed for the weight of a balance — and then for the authority that tips the scales. Power as the deciding weight.

    How to remember it: The counterweight on the scale 木 — whoever holds it decides which way things fall: authority.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

  • Tattoo check: 権

    • Verified meaning: right, power
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いさむ, くぉん, くおん, けん)
    • Also carries these associations: temporary

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 権

    Given names 権(いさむ)Listen 権(けん)Listen 権(ちから)Listen 権(はかる)Listen 権(はじめ)Listen

    Surnames 権(くぉん)Listen 権(くおん)Listen 権(こん)Listen 権(ごん)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    authority; power; rights

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    power, right, authority

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    old variant of 權|权[quan2]

  • Onyomi

    tip

    gon(ゴン) ゴン

    ken(ケン) ケン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    haka.ru(はか-る) はか-る

    kari(かり) かり

    omori(おもり) おもり

  • Strokes

    tip

    15 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    木 (ki・kihen)

  • Related Keywords

    right power temporary authority measurement weight administration command control dominance entitlement force governance influence jurisdiction legal ownership privilege rule sovereignty

Sentences including 権

  • You have no right to oppose our plan.

  • You have no claim on me.

  • This book is still copyrighted.

  • You have no business doing it.

  • We have the right to live where we please.

  • You have no right to oppose our plan.

  • He is just a mr nobody.

  • You have the right to the truth.

  • Everyone has a right to live.

  • They looked on him as an authority.

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