評判
ひょうばん · hyouban · JLPT N3 · noun
reputation
🗣️⭐ 評 appraise + 判 judge = the verdict people pass on you
評 (as in 評価, evaluation) has 言 speech on its left, so it means appraisal in words. 判 (as in 裁判, trial) means a ruling. Together they mean what people say and conclude about you. 評判がいい = well spoken of.
判 — half 半 (phonetic) + knife 刂 (semantic)
判 combines 半 'half' with 刂 'knife', literally suggesting cutting something in two. The knife radical gives the meaning of dividing or judging, while 半 provides the sound. From 'splitting apart' it extended to 'discriminate, judge, decide'.