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Kanji Detail for 評 - "to evaluate, to criticize, reputation"

評

  • Meaning

    評 means "to evaluate, to criticize, reputation."

    1. Evaluate - To assess; to judge value.

    2. Criticize - To review; to comment on.

    3. Reputation - Public opinion; standing.

  • Words using 評

    • 評価 ひょうか Listen valuation; appraisal; evaluation
    • 評議 ひょうぎ Listen conference; discussion
    • 評論家 ひょうろんか Listen critic; reviewer; commentator
    • 評判 ひょうばん Listen reputation; (public) estimation; popularity
    • 評論 ひょうろん Listen criticism; critique; review
    • 批評 ひひょう Listen criticism; critique; review
    • 書評 しょひょう Listen book review
    • 総評 そうひょう Listen general comment

  • Four-character idioms with 評

    • 過小評価 かしょうひょうか Listen underestimation; undervaluation
    • 印象批評 いんしょうひひょう Listen impressionistic criticism
    • 過大評価 かだいひょうか Listen overestimation; overrating; overvaluing

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    • Verified meaning: to evaluate, to criticize, reputation
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    evaluate; criticism; comment

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    appraise, criticize, evaluate

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to discuss; to comment; to criticize; to judge; to choose (by public appraisal)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to appraise, to criticize, to evaluate

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To discuss fairly. Fairly determining right and wrong of matters is called 評. In Later Han, Xu Shao liked to discuss local people. Every month he would change his ratings. Called 月旦評 (first-day-of-month critique). Appears in "Book of Later Han."

  • Onyomi

    tip

    hyoh(ヒョウ) ヒョウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    言 (gen・gomben・kotoba)

  • Related Keywords

    to evaluate to criticize reputation appraise appraisal analysis assess comment critique estimation feedback grading inspection judge judgment opinion ranking rating review scrutiny standing survey value

Sentences including 評

  • The new president is well spoken of.

  • He got a bad reputation.

  • Feel free to comment on any point made here.

  • He has a bad reputation with his students.

  • He has a good reputation.

  • I have a high opinion of him.

  • Give a dog a bad name and hang him.

  • I had good opinion of her.

  • He is spoken well of by his students.

  • That hotel is not all it's cracked up to be.

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