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
- —擦り半鐘fire alarm ringing continuously to warn that a fire is extremely near; sound as produced by this alarm
- —改良半紙type of Japanese calligraphy paper
- —半ダースhalf-dozen; half-a-dozen
- —関節半月semilunar cartilage
- —半人半獣half-human, half-beast; therianthropic
- —半生菓子semiperishable sweets; half-dry confectionery
- —半端ないto a great extent; impressive; staggering; horrible; complete; whole; total
- —影響半径radius of influence
- —いとこ半first cousin once removed
- —赤道半径equatorial radius
- —半舷上陸half watch ashore; port and starboard liberty; shore leave for half of a ship's crew at once
- —前半国会Diet session up to the creation of the budget
- —後半国会remainder of the Diet session after the creation of the budget
- —半分冗談(talking in a) half-joking manner
- —半身麻痺hemiplegia (paralysis on one side of the body)
- —半可臭いfoolish; stupid
- —半光沢紙semi-gloss paper; semi-glossy paper
- —丁半博打chō-han bakuchi; gambling game in which two dice are thrown and players bet on whether the total is odd or even
- —興味半分half out of interest; mostly out of curiosity
- —半装軌車half-track (vehicle)