权
authority; power; right; (literary) to weigh; expedient; temporary
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Dict coverage rank #285 U+6743
How 权 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
木 (semantic, “wood”) + 雚 (phonetic, guàn)
How to remember it
authority · Heisig RSH #1884
木 tree + crotch
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 雚
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 雚 (guàn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 雚 sound component | guàn | heron; small cup |
| 灌 | guàn | to water, to irrigate; to pour; to flood |
| 罐 | guàn | jar, jug, pitcher, pot |
| 鹳 | guàn | crane, stork; Ciconia species (various) |
| 獾 | huān | badger |
| 颧 | quán | cheekbones |
Words containing 权
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 主权国家 | zhǔ quán guó jiā | sovereign country |
| 生有权 | shēng yǒu quán | birthright |
| 人权法 | rén quán fǎ | Human Rights law (Hong Kong) |
| 权利人 | quán lì rén | (law) rightholder; party entitled to a legal right (e.g. to property, copyright etc) |
| 自主权 | zì zhǔ quán | the power to act independently; autonomy; the right of self-determination |
| 主动权 | zhǔ dòng quán | initiative (as in "seize the initiative"); advantageous position that allows one to call t… |
| 公民权利 | gōng mín quán lì | civil rights |
| 民权县 | Mín quán Xiàn | Minquan, a county in Shangqiu City 商丘市[Shang1 qiu1 Shi4], Henan |
| 民权主义 | mín quán zhǔ yì | democracy; civil liberties; principle of democracy, the second of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山… |
| 大权 | dà quán | power; authority |
| 人权 | rén quán | human rights |
| 中国人权民运信息中心 | Zhōng guó Rén quán Mín yùn Xìn xī Zhōng xīn | Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy, Hong Kong |
| 外交特权 | wài jiāo tè quán | diplomatic immunity |
| 治外法权 | zhì wài fǎ quán | diplomatic immunity; (history) extraterritoriality, the rights (under unequal treaties) of… |
| 公民权 | gōng mín quán | civil rights; citizenship rights |
| 无权 | wú quán | to have no right; to have no authority |
| 人身权 | rén shēn quán | one's personal rights |
| 天权 | Tiān quán | Megrez; Delta Ursae Majoris in the Big Dipper |
| 自治权 | zì zhì quán | the right to autonomy; autonomy |
| 有权 | yǒu quán | to have the right to; to be entitled to; to have authority; powerful |