— authority, power, rights

  • JLPT N3
  • 15 strokes
  • Grade 6
  • Radical 木
  • #156 most frequent

Readings

On'yomi
ケンゴン
Kun'yomi
おもりかりはか.る

Example words

  • 政権せいけん(political) administration; political power
  • 権利けんりright; privilege
  • 権力けんりょく(political) power; authority; influence
  • 権限けんげんpower; authority; jurisdiction
  • 主権しゅけんsovereignty; supremacy; dominion
  • 権威けんいauthority; power; influence
  • 棄権きけん(1) abstaining from voting (2) renunciation of a right (3) did not start (sport); DNS; defaulting
  • 特権とっけんprivilege; special right