漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
憲: constitution, law
JLPT N116 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met
宀 and 心 carry the meaning · 罒 is drawn in
16 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ケンken · on'yomi · in compounds
- 憲法けんぽうconstitution
- 憲章けんしょうcharter
- 違憲いけんunconstitutionality
- 立憲りっけんconstitutionalism
- 立憲政治りっけんせいじconstitutional government
- 合憲的なごうけんてきなconstitutional
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)心 heart (meaning) + 𡩜 a form of punishment involving tattooing the eyes (sound)
The character conveys the meaning of "law" or "rule.".
Source: Wiktionary, 憲 (rev. 92263686), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“The ancient character once looked like a beating heart with its arteries. Today, 心 represents the very center of who we are—the place where our feelings bloom, our thoughts grow, and our spirit resides.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSimplified 宪 · traditional, as in Japanese · xiàn
Japan keeps the traditional form 憲; mainland China simplifies it to 宪.
- Simplified
- 宪 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 憲 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin xiàn most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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