憲

constitution

Stroke count: 16

Readings

On readingケン

Jōyō Grade 6

charter

Popular Usage

Radicals and components

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Components

How it's built

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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mansion · house · grow up · eye (目) · cross-eyed · net (网) · heart (心)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1674

Compound words

憲法けんぽう

constitution; rules; regulation

違憲いけん

unconstitutionality

改憲かいけん

constitutional change; revising the constitution

官憲かんけん

officials; authorities

憲章けんしょう

charter

憲政けんせい

constitutional government; exemplary government; excellent government

護憲ごけん

protecting the constitution

合憲ごうけん

constitutionality

立憲りっけん

constitutionalism; Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan

constitution granted by the Emperor

憲法解釈けんぽうかいしゃく

constitutional interpretation

憲法改正けんぽうかいせい

constitutional reform

権利と自由のカナダ憲章けんりとじゆうのカナダけんしょう

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Additional Examples

大統領は憲法を停止し、戒厳令をしきました。

The President suspended the constitution and imposed martial law.tatoeba

首相は憲章に署名した。

The Premier subscribed his name to the charter.tatoeba

Stroke Order

16 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 憲

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