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Property Value
English definition power, right, authority
Mandarin pronunciation(s), using the Hanyu Pinyin romanization system quan2
Pronunciation(s) and frequencies according to 現代漢語頻率詞典 <Xiandai Hanyu Pinlu Cidian> (XDHYPLCD) quán(483)
Cantonese pronunciation(s), using the Jyutping romanization system kyun4
Cantonese pronunciation(s), using the Yale romanization system kyun4
Japanese (Kana) ケン ゴン おもり はかる
Simplified variants
Traditional variants
Unicode radical / stroke count + 2
Unicode total stroke count 6
Cangjie DE
Four corner code 4794
漢語大字典 <Hanyu Da Zidian> 'Great Chinese Character Dictionary' (in 8 Volumes). Hubei and Sichuan Dictionary Publishing Collectives, 1986-1990. ISBN: 7-5403-0030 2/H.16 volume 2, page 1156, character 9
KangXi dictionary, 7th edition published by Zhonghua Bookstore in Beijing, 1989 page 510, position 18 (virtual position)
This represents the position(s) of the ideograph in the Soengmou San Zidin (商務新字典, New Commercial Press Character Dictionary) page 303, character 9
Ten Thousand Characters: An Analytic Dictionary by G. Hugh Casey, S.J. Hong Kong: Kelley and Walsh, 1980 761*
The Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary by Andrew Nathaniel Nelson, Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1974 2172
PRC telegraph code 2938
Unicode code point (dec / hex): 26435 / 6743


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