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Mythic Mandarin

判 (pàn): meaning and stroke order

判 (pàn) means (bound form) to differentiate; to distinguish, (bound form) clearly (different).

判

Simplified
判
Traditional
判 (same form)
Pinyin
pàn

Stroke order of 判

判

  • pàn (bound form) to differentiate; to distinguish; (bound form) clearly (different)
  • 7 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 判

  1. pàn
    • (bound form) to differentiate; to distinguish
    • (bound form) clearly (different)
    • to judge; to decide; to grade
    • (of a judge) to sentence

Radical and structure

判
Radical 刀 (Kangxi radical 18) · 7 strokes · 半 on the left, 刂 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 判

判 in our stories

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  • 他在书里反复强调，人命关天，官员判案的时候，哪怕只错一点点，也可能让一个无辜的人冤死。

    tā zài shū lǐ fǎnfù qiángdiào rénmìng guāntiān guānyuán pàn àn de shíhou nǎpà zhǐ cuò yìdiǎndiǎn yě kěnéng ràng yí gè wúgū de rén yuānsǐ

    Throughout the book he stressed that human life is paramount: when an official judges a case, even the smallest error can send an innocent person to an unjust death.

    From the story The flies that solved the case HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 判

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).