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權

權 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. はかり。
  2. はかる、はかりごとをする。
  3. 相手に強制させることができる力。
  4. 仮の、臨時の。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「木」+音符「雚」。木の一種を指す漢語｛權｝を表す字。のち仮借して「はかりのおもり」を意味する漢語｛權｝に用いる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

authority, power, rights

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ケン
  • ゴン
Kun (native)
  • おもり
  • かり
  • はか(る)
Other languages
  • 拼音quan2
  • 한글gweon
  • Hán-ViệtQuyền

Basics

Strokes
21 strokes
Radical
木(き)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+6B0A

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰木雚

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-4-17
Four Corner
4491.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4a11.18
Nelson
2403