xiàn

constitution

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
宀 meaning component

  Meaning component

mián

  

roof

先 sound component

  Sound component

xiān

  

first

Evolution

宪 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
宪 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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xiàn

constitution, statute, law; statute; constitution

Most common words with 宪
Freq.
Word
Meaning

宪法

constitution (of a country)

宪章

charter

宪兵

military police

statute

违宪

unconstitutional

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 3.8603% of movies

2329th most common character in movies

1484th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Traditional

Unicode

U+5BAA


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