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宪

xiàn

HSK 6 Character Traditional 憲

What 宪 means

1. statute
2. constitution

Example sentences

• 平等是由宪法保障的。
  Píngděng shì yóu xiànfǎ bǎozhàng de.
  Equality is guaranteed by the Constitution.
• 思想自由为宪法所保障。
  Sīxiǎng zìyóu wéi xiànfǎ suǒ bǎozhàng.
  Freedom of thought is guaranteed by the constitution.
• 战争不是轻易就应该开始的，所以也不能够因为像打仗就改变宪法。
  Zhànzhēng bù shì qīngyì jiù yīnggāi kāishǐ de, suǒyǐ yě bù nénggòu yīnwèi xiàng dǎzhàng jiù gǎibiàn xiànfǎ.
  War isn't something to be done lightly, also changing the constitution isn't something that should be done because "I just really want to go to war".

Words starting with 宪

• 宪法xiàn fǎconstitution (of a country)
• 宪政xiàn zhèngconstitutional government
• 宪兵xiàn bīngmilitary police
• 宪章xiàn zhāngcharter
• 宪兵队xiàn bīng duìmilitary police corps
• 宪制xiàn zhìsystem of constitutional government; (attributive) constitutional
• 宪章派xiàn zhāng pàithe Chartist movement (in the 1840s in England)
• 宪政主义xiàn zhèng zhǔ yìconstitutionalism
• 宪法法院xiàn fǎ fǎ yuànConstitutional Court
• 宪法监护委员会Xiàn fǎ Jiān hù Wěi yuán huìGuardian Council, body of 12 appointed clerics which governs Iran

Words containing 宪

• 违宪wéi xiànunconstitutional
• 立宪lì xiànto set up a constitution
• 修宪xiū xiànto amend the constitution
• 合宪性hé xiàn xìngconstitutionality
• 大宪章Dà Xiàn zhāngMagna Carta
• 违反宪法wéi fǎn xiàn fǎto violate the constitution
• 联合国宪章Lián hé guó xiàn zhāngUnited Nations charter
• 伊朗宪监会Yī lǎng Xiàn jiān huìGuardian Council of the Constitution of Iran
• 黄遵宪Huáng Zūn xiànHuang Zunxian (1848-1905), Qing dynasty poet and diplomat, author of A Record of Japan…
• 唐宪宗Táng Xiàn zōngEmperor Xianzong of Tang (778-820), reign name of twelfth Tang emperor Li Chun 李纯
• 君主立宪jūn zhǔ lì xiànconstitutional monarchy
• 孝圣宪Xiào shèng xiànEmpress Xiaoshengxian (1693-1777), consort of Emperor Yongzheng 雍正
• 五权宪法wǔ quán xiàn fǎSun Yat-sen's Five-power constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan…
• 零八宪章Líng bā Xiàn zhāngCharter 08, PRC pro-democracy petition of December 2008

Characters built on 先

These share the phonetic component 先 (xiān), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 酰xiānacid radical; -acyl (chemistry)
• 冼Xiǎnsurname Xian
• 跣xiǎnbarefooted
• 筅xiǎnbamboo brush for utensils

Characters that look like 宪

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 案àn(legal) case; incident; record
• 宣xuānto declare (publicly); to announce
• 瓷cíchinaware; porcelain; china
• 契qìto carve; carved words; to agree
• 秉bǐngto grasp; to hold; to maintain
• 瓮wèngpottery container for water, wine etc

Sounds the same

Read xiàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 现to appear; present; now
• 线thread; string; wire
• 羡to envy
• 限to limit; to restrict; (bound form) limit
• 献to offer; to present; to dedicate
• 县county; (Japan) prefecture
• 陷pitfall; trap; to get stuck
• 馅filling; stuffing (for dumplings, pies etc)
• 见to appear; also written 现
• 腺gland
• 霰graupel; snow pellet; soft hail
• 苋amaranth (genus Amaranthus); Joseph's coat (Amaranthus tricolor)…