TSUMUGU · TOCFL 6 (est.) · 詞
憲法
ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄈㄚˇ · xiànfǎ
noun — constitution; the fundamental law of a state
字源 FORM — what the parts do
憲ordinance; to promulgate law (憲政的憲)xiàn心 (mind/heart) at the base carries the rule above — to hold a law in mind; to enact
法law; method (方法的法)fǎ氵 (water) — water finds its own level; the original character: impartial judgment levels everything as water does
憲法，憲政的憲，方法的法。
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
心（憲：心在底）承著最高規；水（法：氵）自然找平——憲法就是壓在心底、齊平一切的那把尺。
The mind (心 at the base of 憲) carries the highest rule; water (氵 in 法) finds its own level, impartially — the constitution is the rule that sits deepest and levels everything else.
字源記憶法
關 · Related
律fǎlǜlaw, statute — in the general sense政xiànzhèngconstitutionalism — in its political form