半
commonhalf; middle; odd number; semi-; part-
Radical: 十 (ten). Strokes: 5画. Elements: ｜二并十. . Hangul: 반 [ban]. Nanori: はha.
Jōyō Kanji 2nd Grade. JLPT N5.
Example compounds:
| ハンHAN | 半農【はんのうhannō】part-time farming 後半生【こうはんせいkōhansei】latter half of one's life 半周【はんしゅうhanshū】semicircle; to go halfway round (e.g. the earth) |
| なかばnakaba | 相半ばする【あいなかばするainakabasuru】to be equal in number, degree, etc. (of two things in opposition); to balance; to cancel out 半ば【なかばnakaba】middle; half; semi; halfway; partly 半ば過ぎ【なかばすぎnakabasugi】beyond the middle |
Codepoints and classification codes:
Dictionary indices:
| 534a | – | Unicode |
| 40-30 | – | JIS X 0208 |
| 4-5-3 | – | SKIP |
| 0a5.24 | – | TKD |
| 9050.0 | – | Four Corner |
| 1055 | – | De Roo |
| 132 | – | Classic Nelson |
| 608 | – | The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson |
| 3501 | – | New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern |
| 2182 | – | Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern |
| 1202 | – | Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig |
| 224 | – | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken) |
| 213 | – | Japanese Names by P.G. O'Neill |
| 150 | – | Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill |
| 2707X | – | Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 2 p. 540 |
| 195 | – | A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall |
| 88 | – | Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky |
| 129 | – | Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese (H) by F. Sakade |
| 28 | – | Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki |
| 214 | – | Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese: Third Edition 3rd edition by Henshall |
| 113 | – | Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask |
| 324 | – | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power by D. Crowley |
| 159 | – | Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono |
| 2.1 | – | Japanese for Busy People by the AJLT |
| 243 | – | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1210 | – | Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig |