# 判 — Judge

Frequency rank 193 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Common in published Japanese. A handful of these and real text starts to open.

More common than 員 (Member), less common than 活 (Lively).

- On’yomi: はん、ばん
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 刀 Knife (Kangxi 18)
- Frequency path: Level II of XX
- School grade: 5
- Strokes: 7

The Knife comes down the middle of the still-flapping tuna and takes exactly Half, and the wet head slides across the tiles to stop against one man's boots.

In words:

- 判 はん — seal;stamp;monogram signature;judgment
- 判断 はんだん — judgement,decision
- 判事 はんじ — judge,judiciary

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