Moto 半: Half; Middle; Odd NumberKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ハン
- Kun'yomi
- なか(ば)
- Level
- JLPT N5Jōyō, grade 2
- Words
- 421 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ハン)
- 時半じはんhalf past (the hour)
- 前半ぜんはんfirst half
- 半分はんぶんhalf
- 後半こうはんsecond half; latter half
- 半はんhalf; semi-
- 大半たいはんmajority; more than half
- 半導体はんどうたいsemiconductor; solid-state
- 半年はんとしhalf a year; six months
- 半数はんすうhalf the number
- 朝鮮半島ちょうせんはんとうKorean peninsula
- 過半数かはんすうmajority
- 半面はんめんhalf the face; one side
- 半島はんとうpeninsula
- 四半期しはんきquarter (of a year)
- 上半期かみはんきfirst half of the year; first half of the fiscal year
- 半額はんがくhalf the amount (of money); half price
- 半径はんけいradius
- 後半戦こうはんせんsecond half
- 下半身かはんしんlower half of the body
- 前半戦ぜんはんせんfirst half of the game or match
- 半月はんつきhalf-moon
- 半生はんせいhalf a lifetime
- 上半身じょうはんしんupper half of the body; upper body
- 半日はんにちhalf day
- 下半期しもはんきsecond half of the year; second half of the fiscal year
- 半減はんげんreduction by half; halving
- 半値はんねhalf price
- 半期はんきhalf-term; half-time
- 半身はんしんhalf the body; half length
- 四畳半よじょうはんfour and a half tatami mats; four-and-a-half-mat room
- 北半球きたはんきゅうnorthern hemisphere
- 半ズボンはんズボンshort pants; shorts
- 半信半疑はんしんはんぎhalf in doubt; half-convinced
- 半円はんえんsemicircle
- 半周はんしゅうsemicircle; hemicycle
- 半壊はんかいpartial destruction
- 半官半民はんかんはんみんsemi-governmental; semi-official
- 半旗はんきflag at half-mast
- 半永久はんえいきゅうsemipermanence
- 半焼はんしょうpartial destruction by fire
- 半熟はんじゅくhalf-cooked; half-done
- 半球はんきゅうhemisphere
- 半田はんだsolder; pewter
- 半紙はんしJapanese calligraphy paper (approx. 25cm by 35cm)
- 半袖はんそでshort sleeves
- 半製品はんせいひんsemiprocessed goods
- 半身不随はんしんふずいhemiplegia (paralysis on one side of the body)
- 半農はんのうpart-time farming
- 南半球みなみはんきゅうsouthern hemisphere
- 夜半やはんmidnight; dead of night
- 後半生こうはんせいlatter half of one's life
- 過半かはんthe greater part
- いとこ半いとこはんfirst cousin once removed
- おもしろ半分おもしろはんぶんfor fun; half in jest
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 半ばなかばmiddle; halfway
- 相半ばするあいなかばするto be equal in number, degree, etc. (of two things in opposition); to balance
Other readings
- 半端はんぱremnant; fragment
- 半々はんはんhalf and half; fifty-fifty
- 中途半端ちゅうとはんぱhalfway; half measures
- 折半せっぱんhalving; splitting evenly
Showing the 60 most common of 421 words. See them all in the graph.
Kanji that often appear with 半
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