Meaning

Primary

One's Seal

Alternatives

Seal, Personal Seal

Word Type

noun

Explanation

The child of a judge is the thing he puts on his judgements. What does he put on his judgments? His seal, you know, to make it all official and stuff.

Reading

はんこ
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

is the reading you learned. is the kun'yomi vocab reading, which I bet you know pretty well by now as well. You just have to remember to use it here.

Context

Context Sentences

判子屋さんで、判子を注文しました。

I ordered my personal seal at a seal store.

ここにはサイン、そこには判子をお願いします。

Please sign here and put your seal there.

この書類には、コウイチによって公的な判子が押されています。

This document was officially sealed by Koichi.

Kanji Composition