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権 kanji
authority, power, rights
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 15
- School grade
- Grade 6 (elementary school)
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On readings
ケンゴン
Kun readings
おもりかりはかる
Variant forms
權Words with 権
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —官権governmental authority
- —公権civil rights
- —父権paternal rights; father's right of control as head of the household
- —授権authorization; authorisation
- —専権arbitrary use of power
- —質権right of pledge
- —物権real rights; rights in rem
- —教権ecclesiastical or educational authority
- —神権divine right (e.g. of kings)
- —私権private right
- —権官powerful official; powerful office; influential position; holding of concurrent (official) posts; concurrent post; one's second post
- —権門powerful family
- —権道inappropriate means to a worthy end; expediency
- —権衡balance
- —母権maternal rights
- —大権supreme authority
- —訴権right to take legal action; right to take action
- —本権property right to an estate; title
- —権臣influential vassal; powerful retainer; powerful courtier
- —有権holding a right (e.g. to vote, copyright); eligibility; having clout; having (political) power