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Chinese
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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憲
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章
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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xiàn
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zhāng
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Middle Chinese
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‹ xjonH ›
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‹ tsyang ›
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Old Chinese
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/*qʰar/ (~ *qʰar-s)
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/*taŋ/
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English
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law; model; rule
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brilliant; distinctive mark; to display
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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憲
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章
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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No.
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4849
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16817
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Phonetic component
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害
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章
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Rime group
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元
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陽
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Rime subdivision
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1
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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獻
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章
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Old Chinese
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/*hŋans/
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/*kjaŋ/
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Noun
憲章
- charter (document)
聯合國憲章 [MSC, trad.]
联合国宪章 [MSC, simp.]- Liánhéguó Xiànzhāng
- Charter of the United Nations
- (literary, historical) ancient laws and regulations
Synonyms
- (charter): 章程 (zhāngchéng)
- (ancient laws and regulations): 典章制度 (diǎnzhāng zhìdù), 典制 (diǎnzhì)
Derived terms
Verb
憲章
- (literary) to follow the example of; to take as one's model; to pattern after; to imitate
Synonyms
- 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)
- 憲法/宪法 (xiànfǎ) (Classical Chinese)
- 效仿 (xiàofǎng)
- 效尤 (xiàoyóu) (literary, to mimic wrongdoing)
- 效法 (xiàofǎ)
- 模仿 (mófǎng)
- 模效 (móxiào)
- 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)
Japanese
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
憲章 • (kenshō) ←けんしやう (kensyau)?
- charter
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Proper noun
憲章 • (Noriaki)
- a male given name
References
- ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean
Noun
憲章 • (heonjang) (hangeul 헌장)
- hanja form? of 헌장 (“charter”)