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裁

Level IV of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 521 / 2,608

Judge

On’yomi
さい
Kun’yomi
さば、た
Radical
衣 Clothes (Kangxi 145)

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

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

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 judgeN1
裁判 さいばん trial,judgementN3
裁縫 さいほう sewingN2

裁 is rank 521 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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