How to interpret a declaration when you have a type (char) pointer (*) and a const keyword?

Question

I know the following sequences:

• const char* - mutable pointer to immutable character / strin
• char* const is an immutable pointer, but the contents of the location at which it points are changed.
• const char* const - an immutable pointer to an immutable character / string.
• char* - completely permissive.

However, we must interpret the following:

char const *

Is there a way to intuitively understand what 1, 2 and “new” mean, or should we learn by heart.

Answer 1

The rule of thumb is "read in reverse order." This answer explains it well.

Answer 2

const char *