# 裁 — Judge

Frequency rank 521 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 効 (Effective), less common than 走 (Run).

- On’yomi: さい
- Kun’yomi: さば、た
- Radical: 衣 Clothes (Kangxi 145)
- Frequency path: Level IV of XX

A cross on the left, a drunkard in the middle, and clothes on the right — a drunkard wearing cross-patterned clothes stands before the judge who will decide his fate.

In words:

- 裁く さばく — to judge
- 裁判 さいばん — trial,judgement
- 裁縫 さいほう — sewing

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