半

half; middle; odd number; semi-; part-

5 strokes. Taught in grade 2. Newspaper frequency rank 224.

Readings

• ハン (on reading): 半分 (はんぶん) half; 半 (はん) half
• なかば (kun reading): 半ば (なかば) middle; 志半ば (こころざしなかば) leaving one's objective incomplete
• Read as a whole word: 一文半銭 (いちもんきなか) meagre sum of money; 夜半 (よわ) night

Components

• 丶
• 二
• 十
• ｜ radical vertical stroke
• 二 radical two
• 十 radical ten
• 丷 radical horns, inverted eight

Kanji containing 半

• 判 judgement
• 伴 consort
• 畔 paddy ridge
• 絆 bonds
• 拌 stir and mix
• 叛 disobey
• 胖 half a sacrifice
• 袢 summer kimono

Words using 半

• 半分 (はんぶん) half
• 半 (はん) half
• 後半 (こうはん) second half
• 時半 (じはん) half past (the hour)
• 大半 (たいはん) majority
• 半ば (なかば) middle
• 志半ば (こころざしなかば) leaving one's objective incomplete
• 月半ば (つきなかば) middle of the month
• 半ば過ぎ (なかばすぎ) beyond the middle
• 相半ばする (あいなかばする) to be equal in number, degree, etc. (of two things in opposition)
• 一文半銭 (いちもんきなか) meagre sum of money
• 夜半 (よわ) night
• 半色 (はしたいろ) mid-bright purple
• 半首 (はつぶり) iron face guard that covers the forehead and cheeks (used in the Heian and Kamakura periods)
• 小半 (こなから) one quarter
• 半蔀 (はじとみ) two-part latticed shutters where the upper half can be lifted (in traditional Japanese and Chinese architecture)

438 words in all.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists