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判pànto differentiate; to distinguish
半half · bànSound part
刂knife form of 刀 · dāoMeaning part
刂 hints at the meaning (knife); 半 (bàn) hints at the sound. Compare it with pàn.
决juéto decide
冫ice · bīng
夬decisive · guài
Memory aidSimplified from 決, water 氵 breaking through a bank. 夬 (guài) gives the sound: to burst, to decide.
How to write 判决
判 7 strokes · 决 6 strokes
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Stroke order chart for 判决 (pànjué). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
判决 (pànjué) means “verdict” or “to sentence”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it pànjué: pàn with a 4th tone, then jué with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 判决 is written 判決. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type panjue with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 判决 from the suggestions. Typing panjue into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
判决 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.
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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
判pàn4th tone, falling
决jué2nd tone, rising
