判 Judge

Radical Combination

• 半

  Half
• 刂

  Knife

Meaning

Primary

Judge

Mnemonic

I hereby cut your assets in half with a knife, says the judge. At someone's divorce proceedings. Ah, the oldest judge trick in the book.

Hints

If you can't decide who gets custody of the baby, the dog, the house, the car, the furniture, the savings, and the house plants, you have to leave it up to the judge. And the judge's judgment is that everything is cut in half with a knife. What an efficient judge.

Readings

On’yomi

はん, ばん

Kun’yomi

None

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

This judge is Han (はん) Solo, so you know he's not going to back down.

Hints

Han Solo the judge is a very busy person, so he has to judge quickly and efficiently. He'll cut all your stuff perfectly in half before he wastes time listening to you argue about who earned what. Sure it's crude, but at least it's… equal?