Kanji1 / 5
半 kanji
half, middle, odd number, semi-, part-
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 5
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
ハン
Kun readings
なかば
Words with 半
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —前半生first half of one's life
- —半翅目Hemiptera
- —後半期the last half-year; second half of the year
- —半棒術form of martial art using a short cane staff
- —半島国peninsular country (e.g. Italy, Korea)
- —半島人Korean (person)
- —半ギレlooking furious; looking like one's about to blow their top
- —半返しreturning half of a consolatory or celebratory gift
- —半通夜wake; vigil (that does not last the full night)
- —半ドアincompletely closed (car) door; half-opened (car) door; improperly closed door; door left ajar
- —半数性haploidy
- —半数体haploid
- —半固体semisolid
- —半分こhalfsies; splitting evenly between two people
- —半整数half-integer
- —一年半one year and a half
- —半パンshorts; short pants
- —半時間half an hour; half hour
- —半魚人merman; half man-half fish
- —半透膜semipermeable membrane