半 — kanji meaning “half”
半
half, middle, odd number, semi-, part-
- Meanings
- half, middle, odd number, semi-, part-
- On'yomi
- ハン (han)
- Kun'yomi
- なか.ば
- Name readings
- は
- Strokes
- 5
- School grade
- 2
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 4
- Newspaper frequency
- #224 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 24
- Chinese reading
- bàn — Chinese character page
Words with 半
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 半分 | はんぶん hanbun | half |
| 後半 | こうはん kouhan | second half; latter half |
| 前半 | ぜんはん zenhan | first half |
| 大半 | たいはん taihan | majority; more than half; most (of) |
| 半年 | はんとし hantoshi | half a year; six months |
| 半ば | なかば nakaba | middle; halfway; midway |
| 半数 | はんすう hansuu | half the number; half (of an amount) |
| 半導体 | はんどうたい handoutai | semiconductor |
| 半端 | はんぱ hanpa | remnant; fragment; incomplete set |
| 半島 | はんとう hantou | peninsula |
| 過半数 | かはんすう kahansuu | majority |
| 下半身 | かはんしん kahanshin | lower half of the body; nether parts |
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