TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 字
憲
ㄒㄧㄢˋ · xiàn
noun — the constitution; fundamental law
字源 FORM — what the parts do
IFhài → xiàn — the abbreviated 害 carries a much-shifted reading
Heart (心) and eye (目) together — mind and sight, the clear-seeing judgment — under an abbreviated 害 hài giving the sound. The old sense was "keen, perceptive"; the word now names the law that watches over all others: 憲法、憲政. The 害 is clipped (害省聲), and its reading has drifted far from xiàn.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
心（心）和眼（目）一起張著——看得最清，立的是管眾法的大法。
Heart (心) and eye (目) open together — seeing clearest — and what they set down is the law above the laws.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)敏、明察— keen, clear-seeing
→憲法、憲政— constitution; constitutional rule常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension