權

🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷

权

🇨🇳

authority

HSK 10

Society →Government

quán

ケン、ゴン

おもり、かり、はか.る

권

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 雚 represents the sound.

Components

Traditional (權)

木 tree+ 雚 small =

權 authority

木 Meaning component

mù tree

雚 Phonetic component

guàn small

a heron

View phonetic series →

Simplified (权)

木 tree+ 又 again =

权 power

木 Meaning component

mù tree

又 Simplified component

yòu again

and, also, again, in addition

Shorthand for the 雚 component in the traditional character 權.

Notes

Historical Evolution

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

权

Regular

Modern

Chinese

权 / 權 [Quán]

surname Quan

权 / 權 [quán]

authority; power; right; (literary) to weigh; expedient; temporary

Japanese

権けん同音

n-sufnoun right (to do something)
nounn-suf authority; power

Example Sentences

🇯🇵 (1)

息子は二人とも王位継承権があると主張した。

Both sons pretended to the throne.

Japanese Names

權くおん

Kuon, Kwon surname

權こあん

Koan surname

權こん

Kon surname

權ごん

Gon surname

CHINESE WORDS (200)

权利 [quánlì] #1,366

right (i.e. an entitlement to sth)

豁免权 [huòmiǎnquán] #2,999

immunity from prosecution

产权 [chǎnquán] #17,144

property right

政权 [zhèngquán] #9,255

regime

知识产权 [zhīshichǎnquán] #3,864

intellectual property rights (law)

190 more items

JAPANESE WORDS (2)

KOREAN WORDS (37)

right; authority; power

authority and capability

27 more items