宪 xiàn constitution
constitution; statute; law
怎么记住“宪”: 宀 roof + 先 first = constitution. Under the roof of parliament, everyone argues all night, weeks before the vote, over the first line of the new constitution.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
originally 心 + 𡩜
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
宪 = 宀 roof + 先 first
- 宀 roof shape only
- 先 first shape only
- 𠂒 cow
- 儿 son
Under the roof of parliament, everyone argues all night, weeks before the vote, over the first line of the new constitution.
用法
- Constitutional law: 宪法 (xiànfǎ) constitution, 宪政 (xiànzhèng) constitutional government, 违宪 (wéixiàn) unconstitutional.
- Narrow and legal in scope; not a general word for 'law' (that is 法律).