Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N3

197 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 7

Meaning: judgement, signature, stamp, seal

Kunyomi: わか.る

Onyomi: ハン バン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: りっとう

Meaning: knife, sword

Strokes: 2

Examples

Examples with audio

(はん)   stamp [n.]

事(はんじ)   judge [n.]

決(はんけつ)   judicial decision

断する(はんだんする)   judge, decipher

明する(はんめいする)   prove, turn out

する(ひはんする)   criticize

(ひょうばん)   reputation

(さいばん)   trial

所(さいばんしょ)   court

Onyomi Examples

ハン seal, stamp, monogram signature, judgment, judgement, size (of paper or books)

ハンケツ judicial decision, judgement, judgment, sentence, decree

自己批 ジコヒハン self-criticism

ゴハン misjudgement, misjudgment, erroneous judgement, miscarriage of justice

ハン seal, stamp, monogram signature, judgment, judgement, size (of paper or books)

司法裁 シホウサイバン judicial trial

オオバン large size (paper, book, etc.), ōban, large oval gold coin used in the Edo period

Kunyomi Examples

分かる わかる to understand, to comprehend, to grasp, to see, to get, to follow, to become clear, to be known, to be discovered, to be realized, to be realised, to be found out, I know!, I think so too!