pàn

judge

Original meaning: 

cut open

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
半 sound component

  Sound component

bàn

  

half

刂 meaning component

  Meaning component

dāo

  

knife

is a component form of .

Evolution

判 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
判 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

pàn

judge; discriminate; conclude; to judge; to sentence; to discriminate; to discern; obviously (different)

Most common words with 判
Freq.
Word
Meaning

判断

to judge

谈判

to negotiate

审判

a trial

to judge

判决

to sentence