批判 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

pīpàn HSK7

criticize

pī criticize

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 比 represents the sound.

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

比 Sound component

bǐ to compare

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		pʰiː
Unicode	pei

Original meaning: cut open

Phonosemantic compound. 刂 represents the meaning and 半 represents the sound.

半 Sound component

bàn half

刂 Meaning component

dāo knife

刂 is a component form of 刀.

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	phanH	pʰˤan-s	divide

《說文》：“判，分也。从刀，半聲。”