半 kanji — Half, Middle, Odd Number | JLPT N5 · Nihongo Circle

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半 kanji — Half, Middle, Odd Number | JLPT N5 · Nihongo Circle

半

Half, Middle, Odd Number, Semi-, Part-

5 strokes

N5

On readings 音読み

はん

Kun readings 訓読み

なか.ば

Built from

TriceratopsDry

Memory hook

A triceratops horn splitting something dry clean in half.

Words using 半

半はんhalf (e.g., にじはん | half-past two)N5 半分はんぶんhalfN5 大半たいはんmost ofN3 半ばなかばmiddleN3 過半数かはんすうmajorityN2 半島はんとうpeninsulaN2 半径はんけいradiusN2 半端はんぱfragmentN1 下半期しもはんきsecond half of the year 下半身かはんしんlower half of the body 前半ぜんはんfirst half 半月はんげつhalf-moon

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