違憲

違憲

Chinese

		to disobey; to violate; to separate to disobey; to violate; to separate; to go against	statute; constitution
trad. (違憲)		違	憲
simp. (违宪)		违	宪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wéixiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁴ hin³
• Min Nan (POJ): ûi-hiàn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: wéixiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weishiann
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 為限／为限 違憲／违宪

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai⁴ hin³
    • Yale: wàih hin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁴ hin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁴ hin³
    • IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²¹ hiːn³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi-hiàn
    • Tâi-lô: uî-hiàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ui'hiexn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui²³⁻³³ hiɛn²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ui²⁴⁻¹¹ hiɛn¹¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦʉi  hɨɐn^H/▼

Rime
Character	違	憲
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	微 (21)	元 (65)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	雨非切	許建切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦʉi/	/hɨɐnH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷɨi/	/hiɐnH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuəi/	/xiɐnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuj/	/hɨanH/
Li Rong	/ɣiuəi/	/xiɐnH/
Wang Li	/ɣĭwəi/	/xĭɐnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/we̯i/	/xɨ̯ɐnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wéi	xiàn

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷə[j]  qʰar/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷɯl  hŋans/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	違	憲
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wéi	xiàn
Middle Chinese	‹ hjwɨj ›	‹ xjonH ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷə[j]/	/*qʰar/ (~ *qʰar-s)
English	go against	law; model; rule
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	違	憲
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	12815	4849
Phonetic component	韋	害
Rime group	微	元
Rime subdivision	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	幃	獻
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷɯl/	/*hŋans/

Verb

違憲

1. to violate the constitution; to be unconstitutional

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
違	憲
い Grade: S	けん Grade: 6
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いけん [ìkéń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ikẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

違憲 (hiragana いけん, rōmaji iken, historical hiragana ゐけん)

1. unconstitutionality

   婚外子 (こんがいし)の相続差別 (そうぞくさべつ)は違 (い)憲 (けん)である

   kongaishi no sōzoku sabetsu wa iken de aru

   Discrimination against illegitimate heirs is unconstitutional.

Antonyms

• 合 (ごう)憲 (けん) (gōken)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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