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Japanese symbol for “judicial”

Romaji: saibanjou
judicial

In Japanese, judicial is , read (saibanjou).

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Meanings

  1. adj-no judicial

Kanji and stroke order

tailor, judge, decision
on: サイ
kun: た.つ、さば.く
12 strokes · JLPT 1
judgement, judgment, signature
on: ハン、バン
kun: わか.る
7 strokes · JLPT 2
above, up
on: ジョウ、ショウ、シャン
kun: うえ、-うえ、うわ-、かみ
3 strokes · JLPT 4

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
さいばん saibantrial; judgement; judgment
さいばんしょ saibanshocourt; courthouse
そうさい sousaipresident (of an organization); director general; governor (of a central bank)
せいさい seisaisanctions; punishment
どくさい dokusaidictatorship; despotism; autocracy
さいばんかん saibankanjudge
はんだん handanjudgment; judgement; decision
ひはん hihancriticism; judgement; judgment
いじょう ijounot less than ...; ... and over; ... and above

See also: Chinese symbol for “judicial”.

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.