漢字城 Kanji Fortress

権 right

Also: authority

On'yomi
ケン、ゴン
Strokes
15
JLPT
N4
Taught in
Primary school, year 6

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12
  13. 13
  14. 14
  15. 15
権 is written in 15 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

A small bird (隹) with a feather crest (𠂉) claims the very top of the tree (木) — the highest branch belongs to it by right, and that is authority.

A common word

  • 権利 けんり right / privilege

Example sentences

  • みんなにおなじけんりがあります。

    Everyone has the same rights.

  • えらぶけんりはきみにある。

    The right to choose is yours.

Kanji that share a part

木 is its radical. 134 kanji share it in all.

隹 is a component. 26 kanji share it in all.

  • 集 gather
  • 進 advance N3
  • 雑 miscellaneous N3
  • 観 observe N3
  • 難 difficult N3
  • 唯 solely N2
  • 雇 employ N2
  • 焦 char N2