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
