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判

pàn

to judge; to sentence

A judge in a green robe raises a gavel above a bench
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Character

判 pàn

Strokes
7
Radical
刂 — knife
Made of
半 half 刂 knife
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 判

Example phrases

  • 法官最终判被告无罪,理由是关键证据不足。 Fǎguān zuìzhōng pàn bèigào wúzuì, lǐyóu shì guānjiàn zhèngjù bùzú. The judge ultimately found the defendant not guilty because the key evidence was insufficient.
  • 法官判他赔偿邻居的损失。 Fǎguān pàn tā péicháng línjū de sǔnshī. The judge ruled that he must compensate his neighbour's loss.
  • 老师判卷子很认真,一个错字也不放过。 Lǎoshī pàn juànzi hěn rènzhēn, yī gè cuòzì yě bù fàngguò. The teacher marks papers very carefully and doesn't let a single wrong character slip.

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