Kanji 半 — "Half"
Here is what 半 means, how it is read, what it is built from, and a story that makes "Half" stick.
How it is read
はん
the reading borrowed from Chinese — usually appears in compound words
なか.ば
the native Japanese reading — usually appears when the kanji stands alone
How to remember it
Kanji are not random strokes. Learn the parts and the whole becomes easy. Put the parts together into one picture. The stranger it is, the harder it is to forget.
Same meaning — Half is half, simple!
- 半 Half
This component has one pair of Horns and the number 2 (二) which is divided exactly in Half in the middle. It's the Half component.
Words that use 半
9 of 9 words in the app that contain this kanji — the most common ones first.
- 半年 はんとし half a year
- 半分 はんぶん half
- 半 はん half
- 半端 はんぱ fragment, fraction, incompleteness
- 半ば なかば middle, halfway
- 大半 たいはん most of, majority, mostly
- 半径 はんけい radius
- 過半数 かはんすう majority
- 半島 はんとう peninsula
Want 半 to still be there next month?
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