Kanji 半: "half, middle, odd number"

Stroke order

Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.

Readings

In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.

At a glance

Common words with 半

The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.

• 半はん分ぶんhalf
• 半はんhalf; semi-; partial · half-past
• 半なかばmiddle; halfway; midway · half (of); one half
• 半はん年としhalf a year; six months
• 後こう半はんsecond half; latter half
• 大たい半はんmajority; more than half; most (of) · mostly; largely; mainly; predominately
• 中ちゅう途と半はん端ぱinachevé, à moitié fait, bâclé, indécis
• 上じょう半はん身しんupper half of the body; upper body
• 下か半はん身しんlower half of the body; nether parts
• 半はん日にちhalf day
• 前ぜん半はんfirst half
• 半はん端ぱremnant; fragment; incomplete set; incompleteness · fraction; odd sum

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