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憲 — 16 strokes ／ Radical「心」

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5Elementary year 6 ／ 16 strokes ／ Radical「心」
On
ケンけん · ken
Kun
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Meaning
constitution; fundamental law

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

宀 "cover" with 罒 "eye" and 心 "heart"; a rule watched over by eye and heart — hence "constitution."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onケンけんken憲法けんぽう憲章けんしょう官憲かんけん

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 憲法けんぽう

    constitution

  • 立憲りっけん

    constitutional (government)

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

五(ご)月(がつ)三(みっ)日(か)は憲法(けんぽう)記念(きねん)日(ひ)だ。

The third of May is Constitution Day.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

憲法立憲憲法law立stand忘to for…忠loyalt…恩kindne…心heart必certai…券ticket絹silk権right犬dog丱child'…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 心Map of reading ケンAll maps

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