Kanji Detail for 裁 - "judge, cut, decide"

裁

Jōyō Kanji
Kyōiku Kanji

JLPT N1

ES grade 6

Meaning
裁 means "judge, cut, decide."
1. Judge - To decide; to rule.
2. Cut - To tailor; to trim.
3. Manage - To handle; to deal with.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

tailor; judge; decision; cut out (pattern)

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

cut out; decrease

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

to cut out (as a dress); to cut; to trim; to reduce; to diminish; to cut back (e.g. on staff); decision; judgment

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to trim, to reduce, to cut; judgment

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

Cutting cloth to make clothes. Such as 裁翦 (cutting), 裁縫 (tailoring). All cutting according to fixed rules is called 裁. Such as 裁紙 (cutting paper), and the like. | To regulate. Such as 裁制 (regulate), 裁減 (reduce). | To judge. Such as those who evaluate literature and history are called 總裁 (chief editor). | Style and format. Such as 體裁 (form), 製裁 (format). | To decide. Such as saying 裁判 (ruling), 裁奪 (adjudication).
Onyomi

sai(さい)
Kunyomi

saba.ku(さばく)

ta.tsu(たつ)
Strokes

12 strokes
Radical

衣衤 (koromo・koromohen)
Related Keywords
judge decide rule verdict cut tailor trim sew manage handle arbitrate adjudicate determine sentence preside try tribunal court shape