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Japanese symbol for “constitutionally”

Romaji: kenpoujou
constitutional

In Japanese, constitutionally is , read (kenpoujou).

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Meanings

  1. adj-no constitutional
  2. adv constitutionally

Kanji and stroke order

constitution, law
on: ケン
16 strokes · JLPT 1
method, law, rule
on: ホウ、ハッ、ホッ、フラン
kun: のり
8 strokes · JLPT 2
above, up
on: ジョウ、ショウ、シャン
kun: うえ、-うえ、うわ-、かみ
3 strokes · JLPT 4

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
けんぽう kenpouconstitution
かいけん kaikenconstitutional change; revising the constitution
いけん ikenunconstitutionality
りっけん rikkenconstitutionalism
けんしょう kenshoucharter
ごけん gokenprotecting the constitution
ほうほう houhoumethod; way; manner
ほうりつ houritsulaw; legislation; act
いじょう ijounot less than ...; ... and over; ... and above

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.