宪

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statute; constitution

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

宀 meaning “roof” + 先 sound ( xiān )

Components 宀先

constitution · Heisig RSH #1596

house + 先 before

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
宪政主义	xiàn zhèng zhǔ yì	constitutionalism
宪法监护委员会	Xiàn fǎ Jiān hù Wěi yuán huì	Guardian Council, body of 12 appointed clerics which governs Iran
宪法法院	xiàn fǎ fǎ yuàn	Constitutional Court
联合国宪章	Lián hé guó xiàn zhāng	United Nations charter
五权宪法	wǔ quán xiàn fǎ	Sun Yat-sen's Five-power constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan; The five court…
合宪性	hé xiàn xìng	constitutionality
君主立宪	jūn zhǔ lì xiàn	constitutional monarchy
违反宪法	wéi fǎn xiàn fǎ	to violate the constitution
伊朗宪监会	Yī lǎng Xiàn jiān huì	Guardian Council of the Constitution of Iran
大宪章	Dà Xiàn zhāng	Magna Carta
零八宪章	Líng bā Xiàn zhāng	Charter 08, PRC pro-democracy petition of December 2008
宪兵队	xiàn bīng duì	military police corps
宪法	xiàn fǎ	constitution (of a country); CL:部[bu4]
宪制	xiàn zhì	system of constitutional government; (attributive) constitutional
宪章派	xiàn zhāng pài	the Chartist movement (in the 1840s in England)
宪政	xiàn zhèng	constitutional government
立宪	lì xiàn	to set up a constitution
唐宪宗	Táng Xiàn zōng	Emperor Xianzong of Tang (778-820), reign name of twelfth Tang emperor Li Chun 李純\|李纯[Li3 C…
宪兵	xiàn bīng	military police
修宪	xiū xiàn	to amend the constitution

Characters sharing the sound component 先 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
先 sound part	xiān	first, former, previous
洗	xǐ	to bathe, to rinse, to wash
选	xuǎn	to select, to elect, to choose; election
酰	xiān	acylate
铣	xiǎn	mill
冼	xiǎn	surname
筅	xiǎn	bamboo brush
跣	xiǎn	barefoot
诜	shēn	to question; to inform