JLPT N3 · Rights & duties

権威

けんい

authority

Stroke order of 権威

2 characters, 24 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

権 · 15 strokes威 · 9 strokes

Memory trick

権 is power, and 威 is a halberd-like 戈 over a woman 女, projecting awe: power that commands respect.

Parts: 権 power + 威 majesty

Example sentence

彼は医学の権威です。

かれはいがくのけんいです。

He is an authority on medicine.

Words with 権

権利right; privilege 権力power; authority 有権者voter 市民権citizenship 選挙権right to vote 人権human rights 自由権civil liberties 選手権championship

Words with 威

威張るto act important; to boast

More words: Rights & duties

人権human rights 自由化liberalization 保障guarantee; security 主張claim; assertion 要求demand 抗議protest 反論counterargument 同意agreement; consent 拒否refusal 個人individual 個人情報personal information 秘密secret 公平fairness 不公平unfairness 自由権civil liberties

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