半袖 (はんそで)short sleeves

short sleevesnoun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

半袖, its kanji, and other words that share them.Open this graph

Kanji in 半袖

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
領袖りょうしゅうleader; chief
小袖こそでshort sleeved kimono (worn as an undergarment during the Heian period)
袖そでsleeve
長袖ながそでlong sleeves
ない袖は振れぬないそではふれぬyou can't give (use) what you don't have; nothing comes from nothing
七分袖しちぶそでthree-quarter sleeves
両袖りょうそでboth sleeves
両袖机りょうそでづくえkneehole desk

See how 半袖 connects to the rest of Japanese.