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判断

はんだん

judgment, decision

Mnemonic

A blade telling two things apart, and an axe taking one of them off for good. A hand はん and Dan だん between them, and neither is reversible: はんだん.

Worth knowing

判断する is to judge or to decide. 決める きめる is picking; 判断 is the weighing that comes first.

Built from

judge, seal
刂 a standing blade on the right, cutting two things apart so you can tell which is which.
cut off, decide
斤 an axe on the right, taking a thing off for good.

Words sharing these kanji

to refuse, to turn down inattention, carelessness

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