立憲

See also: 立宪

Chinese

		set up; to stand	statute; constitution
trad. (立憲)		立	憲
simp. (立宪)		立	宪

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lìxiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): laap⁶ hin³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): li̍p-hiàn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lìxiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lìsiàn
  - Wade–Giles: li⁴-hsien⁴
  - Yale: lì-syàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lihshiann
  - Palladius: лисянь (lisjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: laap⁶ hin³
  - Yale: laahp hin
  - Cantonese Pinyin: laap⁹ hin³
  - Guangdong Romanization: lab⁶ hin³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːp̚² hiːn³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: li̍p-hiàn
  - Tâi-lô: li̍p-hiàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: libhiexn
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /lip̚⁴⁻³² hiɛn²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /lip̚²⁴⁻² hiɛn⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /lip̚¹²¹⁻²¹ hiɛn²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /lip̚⁴⁻³² hiɛn¹¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /lip̚⁴⁻³² hiɛn²¹/

Verb

立憲

to establish a constitution; to constitutionalize

Noun

立憲

constitutionalism

Derived terms

君主立憲制 / 君主立宪制 (jūnzhǔ lìxiànzhì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
立	憲
りつ > りっ Grade: 1	けん Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) りっけん [rìkkéń] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ɾʲik̚kẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

立(りっ)憲(けん) • (rikken)

constitutionalism
- 1909, 夏目漱石, 文壇の趨勢:
  英国(えいこく)の政党(せいとう)が立憲(りっけん)政治(せいじ)の始(はじ)まった時(とき)から二派(には)に分(わか)れている。
  Eikoku no seitō ga rikken seiji no hajimatta toki kara ni wa ni wakarete iru.
  The political parties in England have been divided into two parties ever since the beginning of constitutional government.

Derived terms

立(りっ)憲(けん)君(くん)主(しゅ)制(せい) (rikken kunshusei, “constitutional monarchy”)

Proper noun

立(りっ)憲(けん) • (Rikken)

short for 立憲民主党 (Rikken Minshu-tō, “Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, 2017-20”)
short for 立憲民主党 (Rikken Minshu-tō, “Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, 2020-”)
Synonym: 立民 (Ritsumin)

References

“立憲”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
立	憲

Noun

立憲 • (ipheon) (hangeul 입헌)

hanja form^? of 입헌 (“constitutionalism”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
立	憲

Noun

立憲

chữ Hán form of lập hiến (“constitutionalism”)