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半

Kanji 半: meaning "half", readings, stroke order

The kanji 半 means "half". On'yomi: ハン; kun'yomi: なかば. JLPT N5 kanji, with example words.

Readings

Meaning
half
On'yomi
ハン
Kun'yomi
なかば
Strokes
5
Level
JLPT N5
Official status
Jōyō (common-use kanji)

Words with 半

  • 半 はん — half (e.g., にじはん | half-past two)
  • 半分 はんぶん — half
  • 大半 たいはん — most of, majority, mostly
  • 半ば なかば — middle, halfway
  • 過半数 かはんすう — majority
  • 半径 はんけい — radius
  • 半島 はんとう — peninsula
  • 半端 はんぱ — fragment, fraction, incompleteness

Stroke order · 5 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5

Strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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