漢字道KANJIDO

7 strokesRadical

5Elementary year 67 strokesRadical
On
Kun
Meaning
to criticise; review

Origin

ORIGIN

扌 "hand" plus 比 "to compare"; setting things side by side to judge them — hence "to criticise."

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Readings and examples

OFFICIAL READINGS

批判・批評・批准

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

Compounds

COMPOUNDS

  • 批評ひひょう

    criticism; review

  • 批判ひはん

    criticism

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

作品の批評を書いた。

I wrote a review of the work.

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