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
to use one's position for personal gain (idiom)
weighted (average, index etc); weighting; (math.) to weight
authorized; entrusted (with authority)
to have the right to; to be entitled to; to have authority
power
tactics; trickery
imperial power
centralized power (history), e.g. under an Emperor or party
authority; responsibility; position
to forfeit sovereignty and humiliate the country (idiom)
authoritarianism; authoritarian; power
for the time being; temporarily
persons or faction in authority
separation of powers
separation of powers
inviolability
not to submit to force (idiom); to defy threats and violence
privilege of immunity from arrest
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
World Intellectual Property Organization
Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy, Hong Kong
Human Rights in China, rights group
centralized autocratic rule
leadership (role)
sovereign country