権 — 15 strokes ／ Radical「木」
道5Elementary year 6 ／ 15 strokes ／ Radical「木」
- On
- ケンけん · ken
- Kun
- —
- Meaning
- right; authority; power
Stroke order
Origin
木 "wood" plus 雚; first a wooden counterweight for scales — the power to weigh, hence "authority, right."
Readings and examples
| Onケンけんken | 権利けんり権威けんい人権じんけん |
|---|---|
| Onゴンごんgon | 権化ごんげ権現ごんげん |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 権利けんり
right; entitlement
- 人権じんけん
human rights
- 権威けんい
- 棄権きけん
- 覇権はけん
- 傀儡政権かいらいせいけん
Example
だれにも学ぶ権利がある。
Everyone has the right to learn.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
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Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)