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Kanji: 権
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KANJI

権

15 strokes

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ON 音	ケン
	ゴン

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N3 (lower intermediate level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 5 (completion of 6th grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 6th grade in Japan
Radical:	木 Radical name: き
Meaning:	Authority, power, rights
Usage:	Appears very frequently in Japanese newspapers; only about 150 kanji are used more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N3	権利(けんり)	right, privilege
N1	棄権(きけん)	abstain from voting, renunciation of a right
N1	権(けん)	authority, the right (to do something)
N1	権威(けんい)	authority, power, influence
N1	権限(けんげん)	power, authority, jurisdiction
N1	権力(けんりょく)	power, authority, influence
N1	主権(しゅけん)	sovereignty, supremacy, dominion
N1	政権(せいけん)	administration, political power
N1	特権(とっけん)	privilege, special right

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