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Chinese symbol for “judgmental”

评头论足
píng tóu lùn zú
Traditional: 評頭論足
lit. to assess the head and discuss the feet (idiom); minute criticism of a woman's appearance; fig. to find fault in minor details; to remark upon a person's appearance; nitpicking

The closest CC-CEDICT match for judgmental is 评头论足 (píng tóu lùn zú), defined as: lit. to assess the head and discuss the feet (idiom); minute criticism of a woman's appearance; fig. to find fault in minor details; to remark upon a person's appearance; nitpicking; overcritical; judgmental.

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

评 píng
to appraise, to criticize, to evaluate
radical 149 ⾔ · 7 strokes
头 tóu
head; chief, boss; first, top
radical 37 ⼤ · 5 strokes
论 lùn
debate; discussion
radical 149 ⾔ · 6 strokes
足 zú
foot; to attain, to satisfy; enough
radical 157 ⾜ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 评头论足.

WordPinyinMeaning
评论 (評論)píng lùnto comment on; to discuss
批评 (批評)pī píngto criticize; criticism; measure word: 次 (cì), 番 (fān)
评价 (評價)píng jiàto evaluate; to assess
评估 (評估)píng gūto evaluate; to assess
好评 (好評)hǎo píngfavorable criticism; positive evaluation
评审 (評審)píng shěnto appraise; to evaluate
头发 (頭髮)tóu fahair (on the head)
街头 (街頭)jiē tóustreet
理论 (理論)lǐ lùntheory; 个 (gè)
足球zú qiúsoccer; football; a soccer ball; a football

See also: Japanese symbol for “judgmental”.

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.