憲法

Chinese

		statute; constitution	law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)
trad. (憲法)		憲	法
simp. (宪法)		宪	法

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 憲 (けん)法 (ぽう) (kenpō, “constitution”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiànfǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄈㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hin³ faat³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hién-fap / hián-fap
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): hiàn-hoat

(Teochew, Peng'im): hiêng³ huab⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiànfǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄈㄚˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiannfaa
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ fa̠²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hin³ faat³
  - Yale: hin faat
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hin³ faat⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: hin³ fad³
  - IPA ^(key): /hiːn³³ fɑːt̚³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hién-fap
  - Hakka Romanization System: hien` fab`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hian³ fab⁵
  - IPA: /hi̯en³¹ fap̚²/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hián-fap
  - Hakka Romanization System: hian` fab`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hian³ fab⁵
  - IPA: /hi̯an³¹ fap̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiàn-hoat
  - Tâi-lô: hiàn-huat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiernhoad
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ huat̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ huat̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ huat̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ huat̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ huat̚³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hiêng³ huab⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hièng huap
  - IPA ^(key): /hieŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ huap̚²/

Noun

憲法

constitution
恢復憲法秩序 / 恢复宪法秩序 ― huīfù xiànfǎ zhìxù ― to restore constitutional order

明治憲法 / 明治宪法 ― míngzhì xiànfǎ ― the Meiji Constitution

Derived terms

憲法法／宪法法 (xiànfǎfǎ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
憲	法
けん Grade: 6	ほう > ぼう Grade: 4
on’yomi

Kanji in this term
憲	法
けん Grade: 6	ほう > ぽう Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) けんぽー [kéꜜǹpòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
- IPA^(key): [kẽ̞mpo̞ː]

Noun

憲法 (hiragana けんぽう, rōmaji kenpō, historical hiragana けんぱふ) (alternative reading hiragana けんぼう, romaji kenbō, historical hiragana けんばふ)

constitution

Related terms

法律 (ほうりつ) (hōritsu, “law”)

Descendants

Chinese: 憲法／宪法
Korean: 헌법 (heonbeop)
Vietnamese: hiến pháp

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
憲	法

Noun

憲法 • (hŏnbŏp, Yale: hēnpep) (hangeul 헌법)

Hanja form^? of 헌법 (“constitution”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
憲	法

Noun

憲法

Hán tự form of hiến pháp, “constitution”

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