Chinese Character Wiki
权

quán

power

Simplified form of 權. Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 雚 represents the sound.

Components
木 meaning component

木  Meaning component

mù

  

tree

又 simplified component

又  Simplified component

yòu

  

(hand), again

Shorthand for the 雚 component in the traditional character 權.

Evolution

权 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
权 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 权
Freq.
Word
Meaning

权

power

权利

power

权力

power

股权

equity shares

授权

to authorize

Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 56.3031% of movies

626th most common character in movies

297th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Traditional

權

Unicode

U+6743


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