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权威

Traditional: 權威

quán wēi

HSK 3.0 · 7–9HSK 2.0 · 6

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

quán wēi · kyun4 wai1 (Jyutping)

  1. authority
  2. authoritative
  3. power and prestige

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

权

Meaning
power, right, authority
Radical
木
Strokes
6
Components
⿰木又
Cangjie
DE
Four-corner
4794

威

Meaning
pomp, power; powerful; dominate
Radical
女
Strokes
9
Components
⿻戌女
Cangjie
IHMV
Four-corner
5320.0

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