rights

(tree) + (swan)
★★★★☆
15 strokes
BETA

Onyomi

KEN

KENNY has the right to come back from the dead.

Mnemonic

The swan has a right to peck the tree.

Jukugo

人権(じんけん)

human rights ★★★★☆
(person) + (rights) = 人権 (human rights )

権利(けんり)

the right to do ★★★☆☆
(rights) + (handy) = 権利 (the right to do)

the authority or right to do something

権威(けんい)

authority ★★☆☆☆
(rights) + (terrible majesty) = 権威 (authority)

an authority one has based on power alone (parents, cops, etc.) rather than on rights (authority based on rights is 権利(けんり))

権力(けんりょく)

power ★☆☆☆☆
(rights) + (strong) = 権力 (power)

power (over other people)(as in boss, parent, governor, pope, etc.)

Lookalikes

Meaning Hint Radical
recommend STRONG
point of view SEE
rights TREE
make certain ROCK

TELLING APART THE SWAN MOTHERFUCKERS:

I recommend you get STRONGER.

You SEE things from your point of view .

But TREES have rights,to not get cut down. Or so they say.

Make ROCK SOLID CERTAIN that your kanji are correct.

Synonyms

dominate, have supremacy over
至上    覇権    制覇    独占的   
power, authority
勢い    力    権力    威力    政権    権利    権威