原判 (yuán pàn) — original judgment (in legal context)

Definition

noun

original judgment (in legal context)

Measure word · 份

原判。
Fǎ guān jué dìng wéi chí yuán pàn.
The judge decided to uphold the original judgment.
原判。
Lǜ shī duì yuán pàn tí chū le shàng sù.
The lawyer appealed the original judgment.
原判，。
Bèi gào rèn wéi yuán pàn yǒu cuò wù, yāo qiú chóng xīn shěn lǐ.
The defendant believed the original judgment was wrong and requested a retrial.

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pànjudgment

原 gives original and 判 gives judgment, so the term means the initial judgment.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

原 combines 泉 (spring) and 厂 (cliff), picturing a spring bursting from a cliff-side, which gives the sense of origin or source.

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

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.