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.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “judgment”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 判断 (判斷) | pàn duàn | to judge; to determine; judgment |
| 判定 | pàn dìng | to judge; to decide |
| 裁 | cái | to cut out (as a dress); to cut |
| 论断 (論斷) | lùn duàn | to infer; to judge |
| 判断力 (判斷力) | pàn duàn lì | ability to judge; judgment |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 判决.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 审判 (審判) | shěn pàn | a trial; to try sb |
| 判断 (判斷) | pàn duàn | to judge; to determine; judgment |
| 谈判 (談判) | tán pàn | to negotiate; negotiation |
| 批判 | pī pàn | to criticize; critique |
| 判处 (判處) | pàn chǔ | to sentence; to condemn |
| 决定 (決定) | jué dìng | to decide; to determine; to make up one's mind; decision (个 (gè),项 (xiàng)) |
| 解决 (解決) | jiě jué | to solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem); to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc) |
| 决议 (決議) | jué yì | a 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.