權

See also: 权 and 権

權	U+6B0A, 權 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B0A

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CJK Unified Ideographs

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Translingual

Traditional	權
Simplified	权
Japanese	権
Korean	權

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

Chinese

trad.		權
simp.		权
alternative forms		㩲権杈

Wikipedia has articles on:

權姓 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
權氏 (Cantonese)
Khoân (sèⁿ) (Southern Min)

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 權
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Qin slip script	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (雚) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
觀	koːn, koːns
灌	*koːns
鸛	*koːns
瓘	*koːns
矔	koːns, kroːns
懽	koːns, qʰoːn
爟	*koːns
雚	*koːns
罐	*koːns
鑵	*koːns
歡	*qʰoːn
驩	*qʰoːn
貛	*qʰoːn
酄	*qʰoːn
獾	*qʰoːn
讙	qʰoːn, qʰon
嚾	*qʰoːns
權	*ɡron
顴	*ɡron
孉	*ɡron
蠸	*ɡron
虇	kʰonʔ, kʰons
勸	*kʰons

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): quán (quan²)

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄢˊ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): чүан (čüan, I)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): kyun⁴

(Taishan, Wiktionary): kun³
Gan (Wiktionary): qyon²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): khièn / khiàn

(Meixian, Guangdong): kian²
Jin (Wiktionary): qye¹
Northern Min (KCR): guǐng / gṳǐng
Eastern Min (BUC): guòng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): koân / khoân

(Teochew, Peng'im): kuang⁵ / kuêng⁵
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁶jioe
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): qyenn²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: quán
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cyuán
  - Wade–Giles: chʻüan²
  - Yale: chywán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyuan
  - Palladius: цюань (cjuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: чүан (čüan, I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰyæ̃²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kyun⁴
  - Yale: kyùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kyn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: kün⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰyːn²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: kun³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰun²²/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: qyon²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰyɵn²⁴/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khièn
  - Hakka Romanization System: kienˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kian²
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: kianˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kian²
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯an¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: kian²
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰian¹¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: qye¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕʰye¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: guǐng / gṳǐng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuiŋ²¹/, /kyiŋ²¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: guòng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuoŋ⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koân
  - Tâi-lô: kuân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koaan
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines, Taipei): /kuan²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuan¹³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoân
  - Tâi-lô: khuân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoaan
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰuan²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰuan²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: kuang⁵ / kuêng⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khuâng / khuêng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuaŋ⁵⁵/, /kʰueŋ⁵⁵/

Note:

kuang5 - Shantou, Jieyang;
kuêng5 - Chaozhou.

Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁶jioe
  - MiniDict: jioe^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³jjyoe
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /d͡ʑyø²³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: qyenn²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ẽ¹³/

Middle Chinese: gjwen

Rime
Character	權
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	仙 (80)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	巨員切
Baxter	gjwen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡˠiuᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡʷᵚiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiuæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gwian/
Li Rong	/ɡjuɛn/
Wang Li	/ɡĭwɛn/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯wɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	quán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kyun⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*ʷrar/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɡron/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	權
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	quán
Middle Chinese	‹ gjwen ›
Old Chinese	/*ʷrar/
English	weight of a steelyard
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be -t or -p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	權
Reading #	1/1
No.	4496
Phonetic component	雚
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	權
Old Chinese	/*ɡron/

Definitions

權

power; authority
權力／权力 ― quánlì ― power; authority
right; entitlement
權利／权利 ― quánlì ― right

投票權／投票权 ― tóupiàoquán ― right to vote
^† steelyard weight
^† scales
to weigh; to measure; to judge
權衡／权衡 ― quánhéng ― to weigh; to judge
expediency; adaptability
通權達變／通权达变 ― tōngquándábiàn ― to adapt to circumstances
- 男女授受不親，禮也；嫂溺援之以手者，權也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  男女授受不亲，礼也；嫂溺援之以手者，权也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE
  Nánnǚ shòushòubùqīn, lǐ yě; sǎo nì yuán zhī yǐ shǒu zhě, quán yě.
  For males and females not to allow their hands to touch in giving and receiving is the general rule; when a sister-in-law is drowning, to rescue her with the hand is a peculiar exigency.
tentatively; for the time being
權且／权且 ― quánqiě ― for the time being

權充／权充 ― quánchōng ― to act temporarily as
(statistics) weight
a surname

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (權):

→ Japanese: 権(けん) (ken)
→ Korean: 권(權) (gwon)
→ Vietnamese: quyền (權)

Others:

→ Zhuang: gienz

References

“權”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02050

Japanese

Shinjitai	権
Kyūjitai	權

Kanji

權

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 権)

Kyūjitai form of 権

Readings

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

Korean

Alternative forms

権

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 權 (MC *gjwen).

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
Phonetic hangul:

Hanja

權 (eumhun 권세 권 (gwonse gwon))

Hanja form^? of 권 (“power; right”).

Compounds

권력 (權力, gwollyeok, “power; authority”).
인권 (人權, in'gwon, “human rights”).

Vietnamese

Han character

權: Hán Nôm readings: quyền, quàn

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權

Contents

Translingual

Han character

Derived characters

Descendants

References

Chinese

Glyph origin

Etymology

Pronunciation

Definitions

Compounds

Descendants

References

Japanese

Kanji

Readings

Korean

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Hanja

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

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