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Popularfirst half
- —半月Popularhalf-moon; half a month; semicircle
- —半日Popularhalf day
- —半年Popularhalf a year; six months
- —半々Popularhalf and half; fifty-fifty
- —時半Popularhalf past (the hour)
- —四畳半Popularfour and a half tatami mats; four-and-a-half-mat room; small room esp. for assignations
- —四半期Popularquarter (of a year)
- —上半期Popularfirst half of the year; first half of the fiscal year
- —上半身Popularupper half of the body; upper body
- —前半戦Popularfirst half of a game; first half of a match
- —半導体Popularsemiconductor
- —下半期Popularsecond half of the year; second half of the fiscal year
- —下半身Popularlower half of the body; nether parts
- —後半戦Popularsecond half
- —中途半端Popularhalfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked; half-cocked; half-hearted; half-arsed; half-assed
- —朝鮮半島PopularKorean peninsula
- —半官半民Popularsemi-governmental; semi-official
- —半片pounded fish cake; half a slice; half a ticket; ticket stub
- —一半half; part