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憲法

憲法

Chinese

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

Noun

憲法

  1. constitution

Derived terms

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

Noun

憲法 ‎(hiragana けんぽう, romaji kenpō, historical hiragana けんぱふ) Template:altread

  1. constitution

Related terms

Descendants

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.

Korean

Hanja in this term
憲 法

Noun

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

  1. Hanja form? of 헌법, “constitution”.

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
憲 法

Noun

憲法

  1. Hán tự form of hiến pháp, “constitution”

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), from Japanese 憲法 (けんぽう) ‎(kenpō, “constitution”)

Pronunciation

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