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權

quán

power, right

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 雚 represents the sound.

Components
木 meaning component

木  Meaning component

mù

  

tree

雚 sound component

雚  Sound component

guàn, huán

  

heron

Evolution

權 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
權 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
權 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

权 (權) 

quán

power, right, authority; authority; power; right; (literary) to weigh; expedient; temporary

权 (權) 

Quán

surname Quan

Most common words with 權
Freq.
Word
Meaning

权

power

权利

power

权力

power

股权

equity shares

授权

to authorize

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[g]ʷrar

gjwen

quán

weight of a steelyard


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 56.3031% of movies

626th most common character in movies

297th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

21

Simplified

权

Unicode

U+6B0A

Shuowen

“權，黃華木。从木，雚聲。一曰反常。”


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