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
- —半球hemisphere
- —半玉geisha apprentice
- —半襟quality collar for an under kimono
- —半金half the amount
- —半句brief word
- —半口half share
- —半国half a kuni (province)
- —半作half crop
- —半死half-dead
- —半紙Japanese calligraphy paper (approx. 25cm by 35cm)
- —半時little while; short time; an hour; half-hour; half an hour
- —半宵midnight
- —半鐘fire alarm; fire bell
- —半畳half tatami mat; heckling; jeering; interrupting; hissing
- —半神demigod
- —半生half death
- —半切cutting in half; painting or calligraphy done on a half-sized piece of paper; half-size paper
- —半長fairly high shoes
- —半纏traditional short winter coat resembling a haori without gussets; livery coat
- —半田solder; pewter