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)
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On readings
ハン
Kun readings
なかば
Words with 半
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —半透過型液晶パネルsemi-transmissive liquid crystal panel
- —起きて半畳寝て一畳one should be satisfied without desiring more wealth and rank than necessary; waking, half a tatami mat; sleeping, a single tatami mat
- —スカンジナビア半島Scandinavian Peninsula
- —半閉鎖式リブリーザーsemiclosed rebreather
- —相補型金属酸化膜半導体complementary metal-oxide semiconductor; CMOS
- —シュヴァルツシルト半径Schwarzschild radius
- —半透過型液晶ディスプレーsemi-transmissive liquid crystal display; semi-transmissive LCD
- —半平pounded fish cake
- —脚半gaiters; leggings; puttees
- —半截cutting in half; painting or calligraphy done on a half-sized piece of paper; half-size paper
- —半折cutting in half; painting or calligraphy done on a half-sized piece of paper; half-size paper
- —半纒traditional short winter coat resembling a haori without gussets; livery coat
- —半天traditional short winter coat resembling a haori without gussets; livery coat; half the sky; mid-air; middle of the sky
- —半半half and half; fifty-fifty
- —半截cutting in half
- —半切flat-bottomed wooden bowl for preparing sushi rice
- —半裂Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus)
- —擦半fire alarm ringing continuously to warn that a fire is extremely near; sound as produced by this alarm
- —半建half-erect (e.g. building)
- —印半天livery coat