Chinese symbol for “judge”
判断
pàn duàn
Traditional: 判斷
to judge; to determine; judgment
The closest CC-CEDICT match for judge is 判断 (pàn duàn), defined as: to judge; to determine; judgment.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “judge”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 法官 | fǎ guān | judge (in court) |
| 裁判 | cái pàn | (law) to judge; to adjudicate; verdict; judgement; (sports) to referee |
| 判定 | pàn dìng | to judge; to decide |
| 评判 (評判) | píng pàn | to judge (a competition); to appraise |
| 评断 (評斷) | píng duàn | to judge |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 判断.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 审判 (審判) | shěn pàn | a trial; to try sb |
| 谈判 (談判) | tán pàn | to negotiate; negotiation |
| 批判 | pī pàn | to criticize; critique |
| 判决 (判決) | pàn jué | judgment (by a court of law); to pass judgment on |
| 判处 (判處) | pàn chǔ | to sentence; to condemn |
| 不断 (不斷) | bù duàn | unceasing; uninterrupted |
| 垄断 (壟斷) | lǒng duàn | to monopolize |
| 中断 (中斷) | zhōng duàn | to cut short; to break off |
See also: Japanese symbol for “judge”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.