半

音読おんよみ: ハン

訓読くんよみ: なか

画数かくすう: 5 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 十(じゅう)

Meaning

Half, middle, or semi-

  • 半分はんぶん — half portion
  • 前半ぜんはん — first half
  • 後半こうはん — second half
  • 半月はんげつ — half moon
  • 半端はんぱ — incomplete / odd / unfinished
  • 半袖はんそで — short sleeves
  • 半信半疑はんしんはんぎ — half in doubt / dubious
  • はんライス — a smaller portion of rice

Commonly appears in time expressions (like "half past"), quantity (like "half price"), and in sports to divide a game into halves. It can also express incompleteness or something midway through.

ケーキを半分はんぶんけた。
I divided the cake in half.

試合しあい後半こうはんはじまった。
The second half of the match has started.

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Creates
半分はんぶん — half portion
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