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Chinese symbol for “judgment”

判决
pàn jué
Traditional: 判決
judgment (by a court of law); to pass judgment on; to sentence

The closest CC-CEDICT match for judgment is 判决 (pàn jué), defined as: judgment (by a court of law); to pass judgment on; to sentence.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

判 pàn
to judge; to discriminate; to conclude
radical 18 ⼑ · 7 strokes
决 jué
to decide, to determine, to judge
radical 15 ⼎ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “judgment”

WordPinyinMeaning
判断 (判斷)pàn duànto judge; to determine; judgment
判定pàn dìngto judge; to decide
裁cáito cut out (as a dress); to cut
论断 (論斷)lùn duànto infer; to judge
判断力 (判斷力)pàn duàn lìability to judge; judgment

Related words

Other words that share a character with 判决.

WordPinyinMeaning
审判 (審判)shěn pàna trial; to try sb
判断 (判斷)pàn duànto judge; to determine; judgment
谈判 (談判)tán pànto negotiate; negotiation
批判pī pànto criticize; critique
判处 (判處)pàn chǔto sentence; to condemn
决定 (決定)jué dìngto decide; to determine; to make up one's mind; decision (个 (gè),项 (xiàng))
解决 (解決)jiě juéto solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem); to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc)
决议 (決議)jué yìa resolution; to pass a resolution

See also: Japanese symbol for “judgment”.

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.

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