"権" meaning in Japanese

See in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Character

Forms: [kyūjitai]
  1. Tags: kanji, no-gloss, shinjitai
    Sense id: en-権-ja-character-47DEQpj8 Categories (other): Japanese jōyō kanji, Japanese kanji, Japanese kyōiku kanji, Japanese sixth grade kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Japanese terms with redundant transliterations Derived forms: 権威 (ken'i) (ruby: (けん), ()), 権益 (ken'eki) (ruby: (けん), (えき)), 権官 (gonkan) (ruby: (ごん), (かん)), 権化 (gonge) (ruby: (ごん), ()), 権限 (kengen) (ruby: (けん), (げん)), 権勢 (kensei) (ruby: (けん), (せい)), 権能 (kennō) (ruby: (けん), (のう)), 権謀術数 (kenbōjussū) (ruby: (けん), (ぼう), (じゅっ), (すう)), 権利 (kenri) (ruby: (けん), ()), 権力 (kenryoku) (ruby: (けん), (りょく)), 官権 (kanken) (ruby: (かん), (けん)), 公権 (kōken) (ruby: (こう), (けん)), 私権 (shiken) (ruby: (), (けん)), 自然権 (shizenken) (ruby: (), (ぜん), (けん)), 特権 (tokken) (ruby: (とっ), (けん)), 利権 (riken) (ruby: (), (けん))

Suffix

IPA: [kẽ̞ɴ] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (けん)), -ken [romanization], [alternative, kanji, kyūjitai]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 權 (MC gjwen). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|權}} 權 (MC gjwen) Head templates: {{ja-pos|suffix|けん}} 権(けん) • (-ken)
  1. right to do something, authority Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-権-ja-suffix-rveyGbJ8 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms read with kan'on, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with kan'on: 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 0 100

Inflected forms

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "權",
      "tags": [
        "kyūjitai"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese jōyō kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese kyōiku kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese sixth grade kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "ken'i",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "権",
              "けん"
            ],
            [
              "威",
              "い"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "権威"
        },
        {
          "roman": "ken'eki",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "権",
              "けん"
            ],
            [
              "益",
              "えき"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "権益"
        },
        {
          "roman": "gonkan",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "権",
              "ごん"
            ],
            [
              "官",
              "かん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "権官"
        },
        {
          "roman": "gonge",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "権",
              "ごん"
            ],
            [
              "化",
              "げ"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "権化"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kengen",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "権",
              "けん"
            ],
            [
              "限",
              "げん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "権限"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kensei",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "権",
              "けん"
            ],
            [
              "勢",
              "せい"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "権勢"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kennō",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "権",
              "けん"
            ],
            [
              "能",
              "のう"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "権能"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kenbōjussū",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "権",
              "けん"
            ],
            [
              "謀",
              "ぼう"
            ],
            [
              "術",
              "じゅっ"
            ],
            [
              "数",
              "すう"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "権謀術数"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kenri",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "権",
              "けん"
            ],
            [
              "利",
              "り"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "権利"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kenryoku",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "権",
              "けん"
            ],
            [
              "力",
              "りょく"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "権力"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kanken",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "官",
              "かん"
            ],
            [
              "権",
              "けん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "官権"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kōken",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "公",
              "こう"
            ],
            [
              "権",
              "けん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "公権"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shiken",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "私",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "権",
              "けん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "私権"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shizenken",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "自",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "然",
              "ぜん"
            ],
            [
              "権",
              "けん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "自然権"
        },
        {
          "roman": "tokken",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "特",
              "とっ"
            ],
            [
              "権",
              "けん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "特権"
        },
        {
          "roman": "riken",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "利",
              "り"
            ],
            [
              "権",
              "けん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "利権"
        }
      ],
      "id": "en-権-ja-character-47DEQpj8",
      "tags": [
        "kanji",
        "no-gloss",
        "shinjitai"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "権"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ltc",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Chinese",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "權"
      },
      "expansion": "權 (MC gjwen)",
      "name": "ltc-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Chinese 權 (MC gjwen).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "権",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "権",
          "けん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ken",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "權",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "kanji",
        "kyūjitai"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "suffix",
        "2": "けん"
      },
      "expansion": "権(けん) • (-ken)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms read with kan'on",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "right to do something, authority"
      ],
      "id": "en-権-ja-suffix-rveyGbJ8",
      "links": [
        [
          "right",
          "right"
        ],
        [
          "authority",
          "authority"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "けん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kẽ̞ɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "権"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese jōyō kanji",
    "Japanese kanji",
    "Japanese kanji with goon reading ごん",
    "Japanese kanji with kan'on reading けん",
    "Japanese kanji with kun reading おもり",
    "Japanese kanji with kun reading かり",
    "Japanese kanji with kun reading はか・る",
    "Japanese kyōiku kanji",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese single-kanji terms",
    "Japanese sixth grade kanji",
    "Japanese suffixes",
    "Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese",
    "Japanese terms read with kan'on",
    "Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 権",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 権 read as けん",
    "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant transliterations",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "ken'i",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "権",
          "けん"
        ],
        [
          "威",
          "い"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "権威"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ken'eki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "権",
          "けん"
        ],
        [
          "益",
          "えき"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "権益"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gonkan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "権",
          "ごん"
        ],
        [
          "官",
          "かん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "権官"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gonge",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "権",
          "ごん"
        ],
        [
          "化",
          "げ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "権化"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kengen",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "権",
          "けん"
        ],
        [
          "限",
          "げん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "権限"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kensei",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "権",
          "けん"
        ],
        [
          "勢",
          "せい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "権勢"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kennō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "権",
          "けん"
        ],
        [
          "能",
          "のう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "権能"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kenbōjussū",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "権",
          "けん"
        ],
        [
          "謀",
          "ぼう"
        ],
        [
          "術",
          "じゅっ"
        ],
        [
          "数",
          "すう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "権謀術数"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kenri",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "権",
          "けん"
        ],
        [
          "利",
          "り"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "権利"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kenryoku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "権",
          "けん"
        ],
        [
          "力",
          "りょく"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "権力"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kanken",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "官",
          "かん"
        ],
        [
          "権",
          "けん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "官権"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kōken",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "公",
          "こう"
        ],
        [
          "権",
          "けん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "公権"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shiken",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "私",
          "し"
        ],
        [
          "権",
          "けん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "私権"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shizenken",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "自",
          "し"
        ],
        [
          "然",
          "ぜん"
        ],
        [
          "権",
          "けん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "自然権"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tokken",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "特",
          "とっ"
        ],
        [
          "権",
          "けん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "特権"
    },
    {
      "roman": "riken",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "利",
          "り"
        ],
        [
          "権",
          "けん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "利権"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "權",
      "tags": [
        "kyūjitai"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "kanji",
        "no-gloss",
        "shinjitai"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "権"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese single-kanji terms",
    "Japanese suffixes",
    "Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese",
    "Japanese terms read with kan'on",
    "Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 権",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 権 read as けん",
    "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ltc",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Chinese",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "權"
      },
      "expansion": "權 (MC gjwen)",
      "name": "ltc-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Chinese 權 (MC gjwen).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "権",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "権",
          "けん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ken",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "權",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "kanji",
        "kyūjitai"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "suffix",
        "2": "けん"
      },
      "expansion": "権(けん) • (-ken)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "right to do something, authority"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "right",
          "right"
        ],
        [
          "authority",
          "authority"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "けん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kẽ̞ɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "権"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 権 meaning in Japanese (4.4kB)

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: Sixth grade kyōiku kanji",
  "path": [
    "権"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "kanji",
  "title": "権",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-03-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-03-03 using wiktextract (05c257f and 9d9a410). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.