權

權 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+18, 22 strokes, cangjie input 木廿口土 (DTRG), four-corner 4491₄, composition ⿰木雚)

• 𪈻

• 権 (In Japanese shinjitai)
• 权 (In simplified Chinese)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 563, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15926
• Dae Jaweon: page 951, character 32
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1319, character 6
• Unihan data for U+6B0A

Historical forms of the character 權
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Qin slip script	Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡron) : semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 雚 (OC *koːns) – a type of tree named 黃華 (Shuowen); phonetically borrowed for "standard weight".

From 拳 (OC *ɡron, “fist”) (Schuessler, 2007).

權

1. power; authority

   權力／权力  ―  quánlì  ―  power; authority

2. right; entitlement

   權利／权利  ―  quánlì  ―  right

   投票權／投票权  ―  tóupiàoquán  ―  right to vote

3. ^† steelyard weight
4. ^† scales
5. to weigh; to measure; to judge

   權衡／权衡  ―  quánhéng  ―  to weigh; to judge

6. expediency; adaptability

   通權達變／通权达变  ―  tōngquándábiàn  ―  to adapt to circumstances

   • 男女授受不親，禮也；嫂溺援之以手者，權也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     男女授受不亲，礼也；嫂溺援之以手者，权也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Nánnǚ shòushòubùqīn, lǐ yě; sǎo nì yuán zhī yǐ shǒu zhě, quán yě. [Pinyin]

     For males and females not to allow their hands to touch in giving and receiving is the general rule; when a sister-in-law is drowning, to rescue her with the hand is a peculiar exigency.

7. tentatively; for the time being

   權且／权且  ―  quánqiě  ―  for the time being

   權充／权充  ―  quánchōng  ―  to act temporarily as

8. (statistics) weight
9. a surname

Others:

• → Zhuang: gienz

• “權”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02050

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 権)

1. Kyūjitai form of 権

• Go-on: ごん (gon)
• Kan-on: けん (ken)
• Kun: おもり (omori, 權); はかる (hakaru, 權る); かり (kari, 權)

• 権

From Middle Chinese 權 (MC *gjwen).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kwʌ̹n]
• Phonetic hangul: [권]

權 (eumhun 권세 권 (gwonse gwon))

1. Hanja form^? of 권 (“power; right”).

• 권력 (權力, gwollyeok, “power; authority”).
• 인권 (人權, in'gwon, “human rights”).

權: Hán Nôm readings: quyền, quàn

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