Etymology

shimpan

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Today it means: the four judges, sitting at each cardinal point Full definition →

Japanese 審判
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from審判
  2. English todayshimpan

From Japanese 審判 (shinpan, しんぱん), from Middle Chinese 審判 (ʃim-pʰàn "to judge", "to try") (compare Mandarin shěnpàn 审判).

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