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U+6B0A, 權
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B0A

[U+6B09]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+6B0B]

Translingual

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Han character

(Kangxi radical 75, +18, 22 strokes, cangjie input 木廿口土 (DTRG), four-corner 44914, composition )

Derived characters

  • 𪈻

Descendants

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 563, character 19
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15926
  • Dae Jaweon: page 951, character 32
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1319, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+6B0A
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Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡron): semantic (tree) + phonetic (OC *koːns) – a type of tree named 黃華 (Shuowen); phonetically borrowed for "standard weight".

Etymology

From (OC *ɡron, “fist”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • kuang5 - Shantou, Jieyang;
  • kuêng5 - Chaozhou.

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Definitions

  1. power; authority
       quán   power; authority
  2. right; entitlement
       quán   right
    投票投票   tóupiàoquán   right to vote
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) steelyard weight
  4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) scales
  5. to weigh; to measure; to judge
       quánhéng   to weigh; to judge
  6. expediency; adaptability
    達變达变   tōngquándábiàn   to adapt to circumstances
  7. tentatively; for the time being
       quánqiě   for the time being
       quánchōng   to act temporarily as
  8. (statistics) weight
  9. a surname

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic ():
  • Japanese: (けん) (ken)
  • Korean: 권(權) (gwon)
  • Vietnamese: quyền ()

Others:

References

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Japanese

Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

  1. Kyūjitai form of

Readings

  • Go-on: ごん (gon)
  • Kan-on: けん (ken)
  • Kun: おもり (omori, )はかる (hakaru, 權る)かり (kari, )

Korean

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Chinese (MC *gjwen).

Pronunciation

Hanja

(eumhun 권세 (gwonse gwon))

  1. hanja form? of (power; right)

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: quyền, quàn

Noun

  1. a right
  2. power

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