cái​pàn HSK5

referee

cái cut out

To cut  cloth 

Components

𢦏
𢦏 SoundMeaning component
zāi to cut
Meaning component
clothes

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzoj[dz]ˤə cut out clothes

說文解字

《說文》:“裁,制衣也。从衣,聲。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

pàn judge

Original meaning: cut open

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Sound component
bàn half
Meaning component
dāo knife

is a component form of .

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartphanHpʰˤan-s divide

說文解字

《說文》:“判,分也。从刀,半聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica