权威 quánwēi▶ authority

Traditional

權威

Stroke order

权威 is written in 15 strokes across 2 characters.

• 权 — 6 strokes
• 威 — 9 strokes

Senses

1. authority
2. authoritative
3. power and prestige

Characters in 权威

• 权 quán — authority; power; right
• 威 wēi — power; might; prestige

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Related words

• 主权sovereignty
• 威信Authority
• 威力power
• 威望prestige
• 威风Prestige
• 政权regime

权威 is pronounced quánwēi and means “authority”.

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