判

to judge / to sentence / to discriminate / to discern / clearly distinguishable

Kangxi radical 18 (刀[dao1]) as a vertical side element / see also 立刀旁[li4 dao1 pang2] / see also 側刀旁|侧刀旁[ce4 dao1 pang2]

half / semi- / incomplete / (after a number) and a half

judgment (by a court of law) / to pass judgment on / to sentence

to sentence (to prison etc)

judicial precedent

to differentiate / to discriminate

public opinion / public announcement of verdict at a trial

case law

decree / (of a court) to order

(sports) referee; umpire

Five ghosts mock the judge, or Five ghosts resist judgment (title of folk opera, idiom); important personage mobbed by a crowd of ne'er-do-wells

the right to a fair trial

criminal court