Japanese symbol for “constitutionality”
合憲
ごうけん
Romaji: gouken
constitutionality
In Japanese, constitutionality is 合憲, read ごうけん (gouken).
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Meanings
- adj-no, n constitutionality
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “constitutionality”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 合憲性 | ごうけんせい goukensei | constitutionality |
| 合法主義 | ごうほうしゅぎ gouhoushugi | legalism; constitutionality |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 場合 | ばあい baai | case; occasion; situation |
| 試合 | しあい shiai | match; game; bout |
| 総合 | そうごう sougou | synthesis; combination; integration |
| 合う | あう au | to come together; to merge; to unite |
| 連合 | れんごう rengou | union; combination; alliance |
| 合計 | ごうけい goukei | sum total; total amount |
| 憲法 | けんぽう kenpou | constitution |
| 改憲 | かいけん kaiken | constitutional change; revising the constitution |
See also: Chinese symbol for “constitutionality”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.