| 铨 | |||
| weigh, measure; select officials | |||
| Radical | 金釒钅金 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 6 | Total Strokes | 11 |
| Mandarin reading | quán | Cantonese reading | cyun4 |
| Japanese on reading | Japanese kun reading | ||
| Korean reading | Vietnamese reading | ||
| Traditional Variant(s) | 銓 | weigh, measure; select officials | |
| 铨 | [ quán ] to estimate, to select |
| 铨叙部 | [ quán xù bù ] Ministry of Civil Service, Taiwan |
| 铨衡 | [ quán héng ] to measure and select talents |
| ⇒ 胡铨 | [ hú quán ] Hu Quan (1102-1180), Song Dynasty official and poet |
| ⇒ 蒋士铨 | [ jiǎng shì quán ] Jiang Shiquan (1725-1784), Qing poet, one of Three great poets of the Qianlong era 乾嘉三大家 |