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
- —半規管semicircular canal (of the inner ear)
- —半泣きbeing about to cry; the verge of tears
- —半グレloosely organized criminal gang; non-yakuza organized crime group
- —半島系Korean living in Japan; person of Korean descent
- —半潜水semi-submersible
- —短半径semiminor axis
- —極半径polar radius
- —半紙本Japanese book size (approx. 17.5cm by 25cm)
- —半化石subfossil
- —半勃起semi-erection; half-boner
- —左半身left half of the body
- —右半身right half of the body
- —韓半島Korean peninsula
- —半光沢semigloss; semimatte; semimat
- —半同棲almost living together; spending most nights with one's partner
- —半合成semi-synthetic
- —半球形hemisphere; dome shape
- —半クラhalf-clutch; clutch pedal in a partially pressed-down position
- —一流半not quite first-class; between first and second class; semi-first-class
- —半兵衛feigned ignorance; pretending not to know