The kanji 半: meaning, readings and stroke order

半

Meaning: half
On reading: ハン han
Kun reading: なか（ば） nakaba
Strokes: 5
Radical: 十 ten, complete
Level: Level 2 · grade 2

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: một nửa (bán)
Japanese: はんぶん。
Korean: 반, 절반 (반)
Chinese: 一半

Readings, words and example sentences

ハン han · on reading

半はん年とし
half a year
半はん年としで話せるようになりました。
In half a year I was able to speak it.

なか（ば） nakaba · kun reading

半なかば
middle
六月の 半なかばに生まれました。
I was born in the middle of June.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.