半

音読おんよみ: ハン

訓読くんよみ: なか

画数かくすう: 5

部首ぶしゅ: じゅう(十)

Meaning

Half / Middle / 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
  • 半額はんがく — half price
  • 半月はんげつ — half moon
  • 半年はんとし — half a year

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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.

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