権
authority, power, rights

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ケンゴン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

おもりかりはか.る

Stroke Order

15 / 15

Information

Grade:6
Strokes:15
JLPT:3
Frequency:156

Vocabulary

ケン

WordReadingMeaning
既得権キトクケンvested rights
棄権キケンabstention (from voting); renunciation (of a right); withdrawal (from a contest)
拒否権キョヒケンright of veto
権威ケンイauthority; power; influence; prestige; (an) authority (on); expert
権益ケンエキ(one's) interests

ゴン

WordReadingMeaning
権殿ゴンデンtemporary shrine (houses the object in which the deity resides when main shrine is under repairs)
権現ゴンゲンtemporary manifestation of a Buddha (or bodhisattva, etc.) in the form of a Shinto kami
権瑞ゴンズイstriped eel catfish (Plotosus lineatus)
権瑞ゴンズイstriped eel catfish (Plotosus lineatus)
権妻ゴンサイmistress; concubine; non-legal wife

Other

WordReadingMeaning
権けんright (to do something); authority; power
職権しょっけんone's (official) authority; ex-officio authority; power
特権とっけんprivilege; special right
復権ふっけんrehabilitation; reinstatement; restoration of rights
実権じっけんreal power

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

稚
immature, young
Grade 8JLPT 1
雅
elegant, graceful, gracious, refined
Grade 8JLPT 1
雑
miscellaneous
Grade 5JLPT 3
穫
harvest, reap
Grade 8JLPT 1
雇
employ, hire
Grade 8JLPT 2
雄
excellence, hero, leader, male, masculine, superiority
Grade 8JLPT 1
難
accident, defect, difficult, impossible, trouble
Grade 6JLPT 3
株
counter for small plants, shares, stock, stocks, stump
Grade 6JLPT 1
催
give (a dinner), hold (a meeting), sponsor
Grade 8JLPT 1
維
fiber, rope, tie
Grade 8JLPT 1