quán

authority; power; right

HSK 5 #297

Character data

HSK 5
Frequency 297th character
Radical ⽊ (75.2)
Strokes 6
Index # 378
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

权 quán
  1. 1. authority
  2. 2. power
  3. 3. right
  4. 4. temporary
  5. 5. expedient
  6. 6. (literary) to weigh
  7. 7. surname Quan

Stroke order

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Words containing 权

Word Meaning
right of abode (law)
jurisdiction
creditor
option
to usurp power
creditor's rights (law)
veto power
franchise; concession; patent
hegemony; supremacy
totalitarian
totalitarianism
authoritative; (having) authority
divine right (of kings)
property rights
jurisdiction; judicial authority
authority to dispose of sth
political tricks (often derog.); art of politics
a plenipotentiary (representative)
military power; military leadership
to delegate power; to decentralize
power and position (politics)
scramble for power and profit (idiom); power struggle
to defend (legal) rights
right to vote; vote
centralized state power