權

Information about character(s)

Radical: 木
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 18
Total Strokes: 21
Simplified Form: 权
Variants: 権

Pronunciation

Pinyin: quán, guàn
Cantonese: kyun4
JapaneseKun: OMORI HAKARU KARI
JapaneseOn: KEN GON
Korean: KWEN
Vietnamese: quyền

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: power, right, authority

CE-Dict: authority/power/right/temporary

Soothill: The weight (on a steelyard), weight, authority, power; to balance, adjudge; bias, expediency, partial, provisional, temporary, positional; in Buddhist scriptures it is used like 方便 expediency, or temporary; it is the adversative of 實 q.v.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.power; authority
2.the legal right
3.the position obtained through power
4.to weigh

21 Century bidirectional science and technology dictionary: weight - 數

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: authority; power; right; tentatively
【化】 weight

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: authority; power; right; tentatively

湘雅醫學專業詞典: weight;WT

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《木部》權黃華木。从木雚聲。一曰反常。

康熙字典文字版 【辰集中】【木字部】權
【唐韻】巨員切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】逵員切，𠀤音拳。【玉篇】稱錘也。【前漢·律歷志】孔子陳後王之法，曰謹權量。量多少者不失圭撮，權輕重者不失黍絫。　又經權。【易·繫辭】巽以行權。【註】權，反經而合道者也。　又平也。【禮·王制】原父子之情，立君臣之義以權之。　又權謀。【左傳·宣十二年】中權後勁。【杜註】中軍制謀，精兵爲殿。　又權柄。【莊子·天運篇】親權者不能與人柄。　又【爾雅·釋詁】權輿，始也。【詩·秦風】于嗟乎，不承權輿。　又攝官曰權。【鼠璞】權字唐始用之。韓愈權知國子博士，三歲爲眞。　又國名。亦姓。【左傳·莊十八年】楚武王克權。【韻會】楚鬭緡尹權，後因爲氏。　又與爟通。烽火也。【前漢·郊祀志】上宿郊見通權火。　又與顴通，兩頰也。【前漢·高帝紀·隆準註】頰權，準也。【曹植·洛神賦】靨輔承權。　又【說文】權，黃華木也。【爾雅·釋草】權，黃華。【六書故云】以草釋木，似誤。○按《爾雅》木槿，木也，列之于草。殆未可泥。　又【集韻】古玩切，音貫。木叢生也。
考證：〔【詩·秦風】吁嗟乎，不成權輿。〕　謹照原文吁改于。成改承。〔【後漢·郊祀志】上宿郊，見通權火。〕　謹按後漢書無郊祀志。後漢改前漢。〔【爾雅·釋草】權，黃英。〕　謹照原文英改華。

Ding Fubao - Dictionary for Buddhist Studies (丁福保:佛學大辭典) （術語）對于實之語。方便之異名。暫用之而終廢之者。

陳義孝佛學常見辭彙 方便的別名，即暫時用之最後則廢之的教法。

Buddhism words and phrases expedient. Provisional teaching(s)

CF-Dict: droit/pouvoir/peser/évaluer/(nom de famille)

Han-De-Dict: Amtsbefugnis (u.E.) (S)/Recht (u.E.) (S, Rechtsw)/genau, richtig (u.E.) (Adj)/Quan (u.E.) (Eig, Fam)