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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *k[ŏ]r(H) (~g-)
Meaning: weigh
Tibetan: skar-ba (p. bskar, imp. skor) to hang up; to weigh.
Burmese: ? khanʔ to appoint, evaluate, compare.
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Chinese characters :
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Character: 權
Modern (Beijing) reading: quán
Preclassic Old Chinese: gʷar
Classic Old Chinese: gwan
Western Han Chinese: gwan
Eastern Han Chinese: gwan
Early Postclassic Chinese: gwen
Middle Postclassic Chinese: gwen
Late Postclassic Chinese: gwen
Middle Chinese: gwen
English meaning : steelyard; balance of circumstances
Russian meaning[s]: 1) право, власть; влияние; влиятельный; авторитет; 2) гибкость; уменье правильно реагировать; 3) временный; 4) гиря; взвешивать; уравновешивать; 5) скулы, см. 顴
Comments: Also used in the compound 權輿*gʷar-la 'to sprout; beginning'. Later widely used metaphorically for 'authority, power; acting (official)'. For *g- cf. Xiamen kuan2, Fuzhou kuoŋ2, Jianou küiŋ9 (Chaozhou khueŋ2 is secondary).
Radical: 75
Four-angle index: 926
Karlgren code: 0158 o
Vietnamese reading: quyền
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Number: 2534
Character: 權
MC description : 山合三平仙群
ZIHUI: 5425 1999
Beijing: ćhyan 12
Jinan: ćhyã 2
Xi'an: ćhyã 12
Taiyuan: ćhyɛ 1
Hankou: chuan 12
Chengdu: ćhyan 12
Yangzhou: ćhyî̃ 12
Suzhou: ʒ́ö 12
Wenzhou: ʒ́y 12
Changsha: ćyẽ 12
Shuangfeng: duĩ 12
Nanchang: ćhyɔn 12
Meixian: khian 12
Guangzhou: khyn 12
Xiamen: kuan 12
Chaozhou: khueŋ 12
Fuzhou: kuɔŋ 12
Shanghai: ćyö 32
Zhongyuan yinyun: khyen 12
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