审判者 (shěn pàn zhě) — judge (in a court of law); trier, arbiter (figu…

Definition

noun

judge (in a court of law)trierarbiter (figurative)

审判者。
Fǎ tíng shàng de shěn pàn zhě bì xū gōng zhèng wú sī.
The judge in the courtroom must be impartial.
审判者，。
Lì shǐ shì zuì hòu de shěn pàn zhě, yí qiè shì fēi zhōng jiāng fēn míng.
History is the ultimate judge; right and wrong will eventually be clear.
审判者。
Zhè wèi shěn pàn zhě shěn lǐ guò duō qǐ zhòng dà àn jiàn.
This judge has presided over many major cases.

Derived word

构词法gòucífǎ

后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

审判adjudicate

联合Side by side

审 and 判 mean to examine and decide, and 者 brings a sense of person, so it means one who adjudicates.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 審; 审 is its simplified writing.

宀釆田審

The simplified 审 abbreviates the traditional 審, which is built from 宀 (roof) and 釆 (to distinguish); the lower 田 is uncertain.

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.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 者 originally drew a sugarcane with full stems, small points around it, and an open smiling mouth at the bottom.