事權

简 事权 · 繁 事權
Mandarin · pinyin shì quán

Meanings

  1. position
  2. authority
  3. responsibility
Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

事
shì · affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
權
Look up this written character
权
quán · power, right, authority
Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

4–2 · shi4 quan2

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

2character links
Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗
Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

事權 · find source passages ↗ · 事权 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗