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Kanji Information Sheet for 権 ( PDF version )
Bushu (Radical) Info: 木 (き) – tree
Henshall Mnemonic: crested bird had right to balance in tree
Levels: JLPT N3 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 6
Frequency: #156 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #156 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N3 Words
JLPT N1 Words
- 政権 [せいけん]
(n) (political) administration; political power [K] [D] [Jisho] - 権 [けん]
(n,n-suf) authority; the right (to do something) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 権威 [けんい]
(n) authority; power; influence [K] [D] [Jisho] - 権限 [けんげん]
(n) power; authority; jurisdiction [K] [D] [Jisho] - 権力 [けんりょく]
(n) (political) power; authority; influence [K] [D] [Jisho] - 主権 [しゅけん]
(n) sovereignty; supremacy; dominion [K] [D] [Jisho] - 棄権 [きけん]
(n,vs) abstain from voting; renunciation of a right [K] [D] [Jisho] - 特権 [とっけん]
(n) privilege; special right [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 参政権 [さんせいけん]
(n) suffrage; franchise [K] [D] [Jisho] - 主導権 [しゅどうけん]
(n) hegemony; leadership; initiative [K] [D] [Jisho] - 越権 [えっけん]
(adj-no,n) going beyond authority; unauthorized [K] [D] [Jisho] - 人権 [じんけん]
(n) human rights; civil liberties [K] [D] [Jisho] - 選挙権 [せんきょけん]
(n) suffrage [K] [D] [Jisho] - 人権擁護 [じんけんようご]
(n) protection of human rights [K] [D] [Jisho] - 版権 [はんけん]
(n) copyright [K] [D] [Jisho] - 抵当権 [ていとうけん]
(n) mortgage; a lien on one's mortgage [K] [D] [Jisho] - 覇権 [はけん]
(n) hegemony [K] [D] [Jisho] - 職権 [しょっけん]
(n) authority; commission [K] [D] [Jisho] - 選手権 [せんしゅけん]
(n) leading; top-rank; champion [K] [D] [Jisho] - 強権 [きょうけん]
(n) power of the state [K] [D] [Jisho] - 権益 [けんえき]
(n) (one's) interests [K] [D] [Jisho] - 分権 [ぶんけん]
(n) decentralization of authority [K] [D] [Jisho] - 発言権 [はつげんけん]
(n) right to speak [K] [D] [Jisho] - 市民権 [しみんけん]
(n) citizenship [K] [D] [Jisho] - 自治権 [じちけん]
(n) autonomy; right of self-government [K] [D] [Jisho] - 請求権 [せいきゅうけん]
(n) claim rights [K] [D] [Jisho] - 地方分権 [ちほうぶんけん]
decentralization of power [K] [D] [Jisho] - 中央集権 [ちゅうおうしゅうけん]
centralized authoritarian rule [K] [D] [Jisho] - 黙秘権 [もくひけん]
(n) right to keep silent [K] [D] [Jisho] - 金権 [きんけん]
(n) power of money; financial influence [K] [D] [Jisho] - 拒否権 [きょひけん]
(n) right of veto [K] [D] [Jisho] - 既得権 [きとくけん]
(n) vested rights [K] [D] [Jisho] - 有権者 [ゆうけんしゃ]
(n) constituency; electorate [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.