Onyomi: ケン, ゴン · Kunyomi: おもり, かり, はか.る · Meanings: authority, power, rights
Kanji for authority, power, rights
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権 is formed from the wood radical 木 on the left, and the character 隹 on the right. The wood radical relates to trees or timber, while 隹 represents a short-tailed bird and originally carried the sense of action or authority. Together, they express the idea of authority or control over something tangible. From this idea, 権 came to mean authority, right, or power.
権 shows control over something, meaning authority, right, or power.
権 is used when referring to authority, rights, or power over something. It represents the ability to control or manage. Remember 権 as meaning “authority” or “power.”
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 権 | けん | right (to do something) | common JLPT-N1 Noun, used as a suffix, Noun |
| 権利 | けんり | right, privilege | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 権力 | けんりょく | (political) power, authority, influence | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 権威 | けんい | authority, power, influence, prestige | common JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 権限 | けんげん | power, authority, jurisdiction | common JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 権威者 | けんいしゃ | an authority | Noun |
| 剣幕 | けんまく | threatening attitude, menacing look, angry look | Noun |
| 権威的 | けんいてき | authoritarian | Na-adjective (keiyodoshi) |
| 権謀 | けんぼう | scheme, stratagem, ploy | Noun |
| 権利章典 | けんりしょうてん | Bill of Rights | Noun |