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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N3

156 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 15

Meaning: authority, power, rights

Kunyomi: おもり, かり, はか.る

Onyomi: ケン, ゴン

Composition: 木 𠂉 隹

権

Radical

Radical: 木

Reading: きへん

Meaning: tree

Strokes: 4

Reading: きへん

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Examples

Examples with audio

権利(けんり)   right

権限(けんげん)   power, jurisdiction

権威(けんい)   authority

権力(けんりょく)   power

特権(とっけん)   privilege

人権(じんけん)   human rights

政権(せいけん)   political power

参政権(さんせいけん)   suffrage

所有権(しょゆうけん)   right of ownership

有権者(ゆうけんしゃ)   electorate

三権分立(さんけんぶんりつ)   separation of powers

権化(ごんげ)   incarnation

Onyomi Examples

権 (ケン) right (to do something), authority, power

権威 (ケンイ) authority, power, influence, prestige, (an) authority (on), expert

抵当権 (テイトウケン) mortgage, right of pledge, lien

参政権 (サンセイケン) suffrage, franchise

権化 (ゴンゲ) incarnation (of Buddha or bodhisattva), avatar, embodiment (as in "embodiment of evil"), incarnation, personification

権宮司 (ゴングウジ) associate chief priest, deputy chief priest

Kunyomi Examples

仮殿 (かりどの) temporary shrine (houses the object in which the deity resides when main shrine is under repairs)

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