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判 — 7 strokes ／ Radical「刂」

道
6Elementary year 5 ／ 7 strokes ／ Radical「刂」
On
ハン・バンはん・ばん · han · ban
Kun
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Meaning
to judge; seal; size (of paper)

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

半 "half" plus 刂 "blade"; cutting a thing in two to tell the parts apart — "to judge, decide."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onハンはんhan判定はんてい判明はんめい裁判さいばん
OnバンばんbanＡ判Ａはん大判おおばん

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 判断はんだん

    judgement; decision

  • 評判ひょうばん

    reputation

More words with this kanji

  • 批判ひはん
  • 裁判さいばん
  • 弾劾裁判だんがいさいばん
  • 判官贔屓はんがんびいき

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

自分(じぶん)で判断(はんだん)して答(こた)えを書(か)いた。

I judged for myself and wrote the answer.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

判断評判判断to cut…評to cri…刊to pub…制system則rule刈reap刋to cut犯to com…版printi…凡ordina…万ten th…反opposi…
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Compound

Map of radical 刂Map of reading ハンAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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