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判决书 (pàn jué shū) — written judgment, court verdict (document)

Definition

noun
written judgmentcourt verdict (document)
Measure word · 份

Examples

  • 判决书。
    Fǎ yuàn de pàn jué shū yǐ jīng fā gěi le shuāng fāng lǜ shī.
    The court's written judgment has been sent to both lawyers.
  • 判决书。
    Zhè fèn pàn jué shū xiáng xì shuō míng le pàn jué de lǐ yóu.
    This written judgment explains the reasons for the ruling in detail.
  • 判决书，。
    Tā zǐ xì yuè dú le pàn jué shū, duì jié guǒ bù mǎn yì.
    He read the written judgment carefully and was not satisfied with the result.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

判决judge and decide
判pànjudge决juédecide
联合Coordinate
书shūdocument

判 and 决 both convey judging, while 书 names the written document, giving a court verdict paper.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
刀刀dāoknife
Sound part声符shēngfú
半
半bàn判pàn
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

判 combines 刀, a knife, with 半, which provides the sound.

Open 判 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 決; 决 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
氵Written in full as水shuǐ
Sound part声符shēngfú
夬
夬guài決jué
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 決 has 氵 (water) and 夬, which gives the sound. This describes 決, not the simplified 决.

Open 决 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 書; 书 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
聿聿yùwriting brush
Sound part声符shēngfú
者
者zhě書shū
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 書 uses 聿, a writing brush, and 者 for its sound; the simplified 书 is a later shorthand.

Open 书 →
Appears in
Law & Justice

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