权
quánQuán HSK4

power

权 (權) quán frequency
power noun
authority, power, or legal right

维护国家主权和领土完整是每一个公民的责任。

wéi​hù guó​jiā zhǔ quán hé lǐng​tǔ wán​zhěng shì měi yī gè gōng​mín de zé​rèn.

Safeguarding national sovereignty and territorial integrity is the responsibility of every citizen.

weigh noun
to weigh or evaluate (literary usage)

权其轻重而取之。

quán qí qīng​zhòng ér qǔ zhī.

Weigh the pros and cons before making a choice.

expedient idiom
acting according to circumstances; temporary or opportunistic

这只是权宜之计。

zhè zhǐ shì quán​yí​zhī​jì.

This is just a temporary measure.

权 (權) Quán
Quan proper name
surname Quan

权先生是这家公司的经理。

Quán xiān​sheng shì zhè jiā gōng​sī de jīng​lǐ.

Mr. Quan is the manager of this company.

Cross-References

Has old variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
297th most common 746.8 per million
Movie subtitles
626th most common 219.5 per million appears in 56% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
50.0 per million appears in 18% of films
Written text
161.5 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Traditional
權
Strokes
6
Unicode
U+6743

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)