Meaning
authority · power · rights
On'yomi
ケン · ゴン
Kun'yomi
おもり · かり · はか.る
Common compounds (64)
- 主権 しゅけんsovereignty; supremacy; dominion
- 政権 せいけん(political) administration; political power
- 人権 じんけんhuman rights; civil liberties
- 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
- 有権者 ゆうけんしゃbigwig; person with political clout
- 選手権 せんしゅけんchampionship; title (of champion)
- 権威 けんい(an) authority (on); expert
- 債権 さいけんcredit; claim
- 棄権 きけんabstention (from voting); renunciation (of a right); withdrawal (from a contest)
- 主導権 しゅどうけんhegemony; leadership; initiative