Chinese symbol for “half”
半
bàn
half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half
The closest CC-CEDICT match for half is 半 (bàn), defined as: half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “half”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一半 | yī bàn | half |
| 半截 | bàn jié | half (of sth); halfway through |
| 参半 (參半) | cān bàn | half; half and half |
| 半数 (半數) | bàn shù | half the number; half |
| 半拉 | bàn lǎ | (coll.) half |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 半.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一半 | yī bàn | half |
| 半岛 (半島) | bàn dǎo | peninsula |
| 半年 | bàn nián | half a year |
| 半个 (半個) | bàn ge | half of sth |
| 半数 (半數) | bàn shù | half the number; half |
| 上半年 | shàng bàn nián | first half of the year |
See also: Japanese symbol for “half”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.