Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement

評: evaluate, criticism

Also: comment

JLPT N112 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met

言 carries the meaning · 平 gives the sound

12 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ヒョウhyou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 評判ひょうばんreputation
  • 評論ひょうろんcritique
  • 評決ひょうけつverdict
  • 評議会ひょうぎかいcouncil
  • 好評こうひょうestablished opinion, favorable reputation
  • 書評しょひょうbook review
  • 定評ていひょうestablished opinion
  • 評価するひょうかするevaluate
  • 批評するひひょうするcriticize, review

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Where it comes from

Origin · sourced

Phono-semantic compound (形聲)言 (meaning) + 平 (sound)

Source: Wiktionary, 評 (rev. 93427070), CC BY-SA 4.0

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Words flowing from the heart and into the world! The lines radiating upward show the power of the voice as it leaves the mouth.”
More in the 言 speech story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
言

Also built on speech (言)

All 72
平

Also built on even (平)

The 平 family reads ヘイ (hei); 評 is read ヒョウ.

Also read ヒョウ

11 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
評 evaluate · 平
vs許 permit · 午
評 has 平 where 許 has 午.
In ChineseSimplified 评 · traditional, as in Japanese · píng

Japan keeps the traditional form 評; mainland China simplifies it to 评.

Simplified
评 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
評 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin píng most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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