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半

half
Stroke count: 5

Readings

On readingハン
Kun readingなか.ば
JōyōGrade 2

Popular Usage

半分過半数

Radicals and components

Radical十tenComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

ⓘ

small (小) · ten (十) · needle (丨)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1286

Compound words

半分はんぶん
half
過半数かはんすう
majority
後半こうはん
second half; latter half
折半せっぱん
halving; splitting evenly; sharing equally
大半たいはん
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely
半ばなかば
middle; halfway; midway; half (of); one half
半額はんがく
half the amount (of money); half price; half fare
半期はんき
half-term; half-time; half period
半径はんけい
radius
半減はんげん
reduction by half; halving
半周はんしゅう
semicircle; hemicycle; half globe; to go halfway round (e.g. the earth)
半熟はんじゅく
half-cooked; half-done; soft-boiled; half-ripe; unripe
半身はんしん
half the body; half length
半数はんすう
half the number; half (of an amount); haploid (organism, cell, etc.); haplont
半生はんせい
half a lifetime; half one's life; one's life so far
半袖はんそで
short sleeves
半端はんぱ
remnant; fragment; incomplete set; incompleteness; fraction
半値はんね
half price
半島はんとう
peninsula; Korea
半面はんめん
while; although; though; but; (but) at the same time
前半ぜんはん
first half
半月はんげつ
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
半日はんにち
half day
半年はんとし
half a year; six months

Stroke Order

5 strokes

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