Today’s #kanji is 権, which is an informal variant of 權.權/権 is listed under its semantic element of #きへん（木）, which suggests a connection with a tree. Its phonetic element is 雚, though 権 and 雚 don’t share a sound.
Meaning: weight, power
Reading: ケン、ゴン
権威（ケンイ）: authority, power, influence, distinction
権限（ケンゲン）: power, authority, competence, competency, jurisdiction
権利（ケンリ）: a right (to do…), a claim, a privilege, a title
権力（ケンリョク）: power, authority
棄権（キケン）する: to abstain from voting, to stay away from the polls; to renounce one’s rights (to …), to withdraw (from a contest)
主権（シュケン）: sovereignty
人権（ジンケン）: human rights, personal rights
全権（ゼンケン）: full powers, absolute authority
選手権（センシュケン）: a championship, a title, the crown
権化（ゴンゲ）: (an) incarnation, (a) personification, (an) embodiment
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- きへん
横
構
権
格
機
杯
相
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