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
- —半途halfway; unfinished
- —半道half a ri (measure of length); halfway
- —半農part-time farming
- —半白grayish color; greyish colour; grizzled hair
- —半分half minute
- —半盲half blind
- —半夜midnight
- —半裸half-nakedness
- —半里half a ri (distance measure)
- —半輪semicircle; half-moon
- —北半northern half
- —半靴low shoes; shoes; informal riding shoes without an ankle strap
- —夜半middle of the night; dead of night
- —半焼partial destruction by fire
- —半眼half-closed eyes
- —半裁cutting in half
- —半睡half asleep
- —有半half again of a designated unit
- —半衿neckpiece (on a kimono)
- —半格en quad