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evaluate
Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingヒョウ

Meanings

  1. evaluateRtK
  2. criticism
    彼は文学評論の本を読んでいる。He is reading a book of literary criticism.tatoeba
  3. comment
  1. commentary
  2. review

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Same reading (ひょう)
表 · table票 · vote

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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say (言) · words (言) · keitai · mouth (口) · even · water-lily · lily pad

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1599

Compound words

彼は不正直だという悪評がある。
He has a bad reputation of being dishonest.tatoeba
彼は評論家として次第に有名になった。
He became more and more famous as a critic.tatoeba
彼は評判のよい人だ。
He is a man of good reputation.tatoeba

Real voices: how native speakers say it

These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.

ハズレ商品があるからネット評価をチェック
はずれしょうひんがあるからねっとひょうかをちぇっくThere are duds, so check the online ratings.
書評みたいな読書感想文を書いた
しょひょうみたいなどくしょかんそうぶんをかいたI wrote a book report that read like a book review.
評判とは裏腹に口に合わなかった
ひょうばんとはうらはらにくちにあわなかったDespite the good reputation, it didn't suit my taste

Recordings and sentences: Mozilla Common Voice, CC0

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