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
- —半人足useless; worthless; incompetent; no good
- —半個室semi-private room; partially secluded space
- —半波長half wavelength
- —半独占semi-monopoly; quasi-monopoly
- —半値幅half-value width; breadth of a peak at half maximum
- —半金属metalloid; semimetal
- —半勃ちsemi-erection; partial erection
- —半固形semisolid; semi-solid
- —一紙半銭small sum; things of little value
- —一知半解superficial knowledge; half knowledge
- —下四半期last quarter (of the year)
- —三半規管semicircular canals (of the inner ear)
- —半ズボンshorts; (knee) breeches
- —半永久的semipermanent
- —半加工品semiprocessed goods
- —半革装丁half-leather binding
- —半股引きknee underwear
- —半死半生all but dead; half killed
- —半熟練工semiskilled worker
- —半信半疑half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous