半 — half, middle

はん半 half

Grade 2 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 5 strokes math

U+534A Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #224 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1203 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

half
middle

Readings

On'yomi: はん han
Kun'yomi: なか naka

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はん han On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

半(はん) han half 後(こう) 半(はん) kouhan second half 時(じ) 半(はん) jihan half past (the hour) 前(ぜん) 半(はん) zenhan first half 半(はん) 年(とし) hantoshi half a year 大(たい) 半(はん) taihan majority 半(はん) 分(ぶん) hanbun half 半(はん) 数(すう) hansuu half the number

なか naka Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

半(なか) ば nakaba middle

Appears in idioms

半死半生四字熟語

half death, half life

半死半生四字熟語

half death, half life

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

丷 horns

うし牛 cow #93

Used as component in (3)

はん判 judgement ともない伴 consort はん畔 paddy ridge

Compound ideograph (会意). 丷 (split/divide marks) cutting through 牛 (ox, simplified). An ox divided in two — half.

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