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 1

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

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 憲法

1. 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

Descendants

• → Zhuang: yenfaz

Etymology 2

Attestable in both pre- and post-Qin texts.

Verb

憲法

1. (literary) to announce a decree
2. (literary) to follow the example of; to take as one's model; to pattern after; to imitate

Synonyms

• (to follow the example of):

(deprecated template usage)

• 仿效 (fǎngxiào)
• 仿照 (fǎngzhào)
• 仿行 (fǎngxíng)
• 取法 (qǔfǎ)
• 宗法 (zōngfǎ)
• 師匠／师匠 (shījiàng) (literary)
• 師法／师法 (shīfǎ) (literary)
• 憲章／宪章 (xiànzhāng) (Classical Chinese)
• 效仿 (xiàofǎng)
• 效尤 (xiàoyóu) (literary, to mimic wrongdoing)
• 效法 (xiàofǎ)
• 模仿 (mófǎng)
• 步武 (bùwǔ) (literary)
• 法象 (fǎxiàng) (archaic)
• 視／视 (shì) (archaic)
• 範圍／范围 (fànwéi) (Classical Chinese)
• 觀象／观象 (guānxiàng) (literary)
• 遵法 (zūnfǎ) (literary)

 

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 憲法

1. (literary) legal code; statute

Synonyms

• 法典 (fǎdiǎn)
• (literary) 法書／法书 (fǎshū)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

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

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

Noun

憲(けん)法(ぽう) • (kenpō) ^{←けんぱふ (kenpafu)?}
(alternative reading hiragana けんぼう, rōmaji kenbō, historical hiragana けんばふ)

1. constitution

Descendants

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

See also

• 法(ほう)律(りつ) (hōritsu, “law”)

References

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

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Korean

Hanja in this term
憲	法

Noun

憲法 • (heonbeop) (hangeul 헌법)

1. Hanja form^? of 헌법 (“constitution”).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
憲	法

Noun

憲法

1. Template:han tu form of