半 half
- On'yomi
- ハン
- Kun'yomi
- なか-ば
- Strokes
- 5
- JLPT
- N5
- Taught in
- Primary school, year 2
In the kun'yomi, the kana after a dash are written after the kanji (okurigana): なか-ば.
Stroke order
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Remember it
A drop (丶) and its twin sit on two lines (二), and the ten (十) drives straight down the middle — one clean cut leaves each side exactly half.
A common word
- 半分 はんぶん half
Example sentences
七時半に会いましょう。
しちじはんにあいましょう。
Let's meet at seven thirty.
このケーキを半分ください。
このケーキをはんぶんください。
Please give me half of this cake.
Kanji that share a part
丶 is its radical. 22 kanji share it in all.
- 丸 circle
- 犬 dog
- 太 thick
- 以 by means of
- 業 business
- 永 eternal N3
- 求 request N3
- 単 simple N3
二 is a component. 15 kanji share it in all.
- 五 five
- 元 beginning
- 表 surface
- 発 departure
- 互 mutually N3
- 汚 dirty N2
- 井 well N1
- 仁 humanity N1