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半 — 5 strokes / Radical「十」

道
9Elementary year 2 / 5 strokes / Radical「十」
On
ハンはん · han
Kun
なか(ば)naka(ba)
Meaning
half

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

八 (divide) + 牛 (ox) → splitting an ox in two — half.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onハンはんhan半分はんぶん半面はんめん大半たいはん
Kunなかばnakaba半ばなかば

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 半分はんぶん

    half

  • 半年はんとし

    half a year

More words with this kanji

  • 半島はんとう
  • 半径はんけい
  • 半額はんがく
  • 半信半疑はんしんはんぎ
  • 半熟はんじゅく
  • 半袖はんそで

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

りんごを 半分(はんぶん) たべた。

I ate half the apple.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

半分半年半分to div…年year午noon南south十ten千thousa…卅thirty凡ordina…反opposi…犯to com…氾overfl…帆sail
CompoundRadicalReading

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