Japanese symbol for “sentence”
判決
はんけつ
Romaji: hanketsu
judicial decision; judgement; judgment; sentence
In Japanese, sentence is 判決, read はんけつ (hanketsu).
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Meanings
- n, vs, vt judicial decision; judgement; judgment; sentence; decree
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “sentence”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 刑 | けい kei | penalty; sentence; punishment |
| 審判 | しんぱん shinpan | judgement; judgment; decision |
| 文 | ぶん bun | sentence |
| 句 | く ku | section (i.e. of text); sentence; passage |
| 文章 | ぶんしょう bunshou | sentence |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 判断 | はんだん handan | judgment; judgement; decision |
| 批判 | ひはん hihan | criticism; judgement; judgment |
| 裁判 | さいばん saiban | trial; judgement; judgment |
| 裁判所 | さいばんしょ saibansho | court; courthouse |
| 評判 | ひょうばん hyouban | reputation; (public) estimation; popularity |
| 決定 | けってい kettei | decision; determination |
| 解決 | かいけつ kaiketsu | settlement; solution; resolution |
| 決して | けっして kesshite | (not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least |
See also: Chinese symbol for “sentence”.
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.