半 – Kanji details

Keyword

half

Info

Frequency	Top 300-400
Type	Kyōiku (2nd grade) ?
Kanken	Level 9
Heisig	1286
Readings	はん (90%) なか (7%) ぱん (1%)
	わばんはっほうはした

Composed of

丷

horns

二

two

丨

stick

Mnemonic

A pictograph of a part of a fence that will be destroyed. There are three boards to smash, the first one is already in half and there are still two more to go

Used in kanji (8 in total)

judgement

accompany

ties

rebellion

Used in vocabulary (437 in total)

半はん分ぶん

half

半はん

half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)

半なかば

middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly

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Examples (200 in total)

家いえに帰かえったときは、半はん分ぶん寝ねていました。

I was half asleep when I went home.

私わたしなら半はん分ぶんの時じ間かんでできます。

I can do it in half the time.

私わたしのクラスの生せい徒との半はん分ぶんは犬いぬが好すきです。

Half of my class like dogs.

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