半
N5 WaniKani
Stroke Order
Meaning
Half, Middle, Odd Number, Semi-
On'yomi (音読み)
はん
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
なか.ば
Stroke Count
5 strokes
半 in useful words
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- 後半こうはん
- second half; latter half
- 時半じはん
- half past (the hour)
- 前半ぜんはん
- first half
- 大半たいはん
- majority; more than half; most (of)
- 半年はんとし
- half a year; six months
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