• 批判ひはん — Criticism, judgment
• 批評ひひょう — Review, critique
• 批准ひじゅん — Ratification
• 批判的ひはんてき — Critical (in tone)
• 批正ひせい — Correction, revision

批 is a phono-semantic compound: it combines the hand radical 手 (expressing action) with 比 (to compare). Originally, it suggested "striking or judging with the hand" — a metaphor for making evaluations.

Today, it's widely used in academic, media, and political contexts, particularly in words like 批判 (critique) and 批評 (review).

彼かれの意見いけんは 批判ひはんを 受うけた。
His opinion received criticism.

映画えいがの批評ひひょうを 読よみました。
I read the review of the movie.

The only common reading is ヒ (on-yomi), used in compound words such as 批判, 批評, and 批准. The kun-yomi forms are either archaic or rarely used in modern language.