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Keyword
right (to do something)
  • authority
  • power
  • rights
Frequency
#156
Strokes
15
Grade
6
JLPT (old)
N2
Heisig
613
Readings
ケン100%
Mnemonic
An old bird and a severed cow head squabble over one tree; the bird pecks out the cow's eyes and wins the right (to do something) like nesting there.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
政せい権けん
(political) administration; political power
Noun
選せん手しゅ権けん
championship; title (of champion); championship game; championship tournament
Noun
権けん
right (to do something); authority; power
Suffix
権けん利り
right; privilege
Noun
権けん力りょく
(political) power; authority; influence
Noun
人じん権けん
human rights; civil liberties
Noun
権けん限げん
power; authority; jurisdiction
Noun
債さい権けん
credit; claim
Noun
有ゆう権けん者しゃ
(eligible) voter; elector; constituent; the electorate; holder of a right; rightsholder; right holder; bigwig; person with political clout
Noun
主しゅ導どう権けん
hegemony; leadership; initiative
Noun
主しゅ権けん
sovereignty; supremacy; dominion
Noun
地ち方ほう分ぶん権けん
decentralization of power; decentralisation of power
Noun
所しょ有ゆう権けん
ownership; dominion; ownership rights; proprietorship; property rights
Noun
拒きょ否ひ権けん
right of veto
Noun
権けん威い
authority; power; influence; prestige; (an) authority (on); expert
Noun
参さん政せい権けん
suffrage; franchise
Noun
選せん挙きょ権けん
suffrage; right to vote
Noun
公こう民みん権けん
civil rights; franchise; citizenship
Noun
市し民みん権けん
citizenship; civic rights; civil rights; widespread acceptance; social recognition; common use
Noun
中ちゅう央おう集しゅう権けん
centralized authoritarian rule; centralised authoritarian rule
Noun
自じ治ち権けん
autonomy; right of self-government
Noun
金きん権けん
power of money; financial influence
Noun