Kanji N1

評: evaluate, criticism, comment

評 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning evaluate, criticism, comment, written with 12 strokes. It is read ヒョウ (on), and has no common kun reading. Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 評価 (ひょうか, valuation) and 評判 (ひょうばん, reputation).

評

Meanings

  • evaluate
  • criticism
  • comment
Strokes12
JLPT levelN1
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#454 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ヒョウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • None in common use

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 評

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 評価ひょうか

    valuation; appraisal; evaluation; assessment

    JLPT N3
  • 評判ひょうばん

    reputation; (public) estimation; popularity

    JLPT N3
  • 評論ひょうろん

    criticism; critique; review; comment

    JLPT N2
  • 書評しょひょう

    book review

    JLPT N1
  • 批評ひひょう

    criticism; critique; review; commentary

    JLPT N3
  • 好評こうひょう

    favorable reception; good reputation; popularity

    JLPT N1
  • 不評ふひょう

    bad reputation; poor reception; unpopularity

    JLPT N1
  • 評議ひょうぎ

    conference; discussion

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