quán

authority; power; right

Character data

Radical ⽊ (75.18)
Strokes 21
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

權 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

Words containing 權

Word Meaning
to delegate power; to decentralize
regime; political power
power vacuum; political vacuum
religious rule
Digital Rights Management (DRM)
discretionary power
clan authority; clan power
universal suffrage
intellectual property
Sir Donald Tsang or Tsang Yam-Kuen (1944-)
to have the right to; to be entitled to; to have authority
person in power; the one with authority; the guy in charge
authoritative
constituent
option
to dismiss military hierarchy using wine cups
to hold power
Liu Gongquan (778-865), Tang calligrapher
to abstain from voting; to waive one's right to vote
totalitarian
totalitarianism
for the time being; temporarily
power and position (politics)
to act temporarily as
right (i.e. an entitlement to sth)