半

Meaning

半 centers on the idea of dividing something into two equal parts: half, semi-, or part-. The sense of 'middle' comes from the point where something is split, and 'odd number' is a specific application where a number cannot be evenly halved.

• 半はん
  N4

  half; semi-; partial

• 半分はんぶん
  N5

  half

• 後半こうはん
  N3

  second half; latter half

• 前半ぜんはん
  N3

  first half

• 半年はんとし
  N1

  half a year; six months

• 大半たいはん
  N3

  majority; more than half; most (of)

• 半端はんぱ
  N1

  remnant; fragment; incomplete set; incompleteness

• 半ばなかば
  N3

  middle; halfway; midway

• 下半身かはんしん
  N1

  lower half of the body; nether parts

• 半額はんがく
  N3

  half the amount (of money); half price; half fare

• 中途半端ちゅうとはんぱ
  N2

  halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked; half-cocked; half-hearted; half-arsed; half-assed

• 半数はんすう
  N1

  half the number; half (of an amount)

• 上半身じょうはんしん
  N1

  upper half of the body; upper body

• 半島はんとう
  N2

  peninsula

• 半導体はんどうたい
  N1

  semiconductor

• 半径はんけい
  N2

  radius

• 半日はんにち
  N1

  half day

• 半減はんげん
  N1

  reduction by half; halving

• 過半数かはんすう
  N2

  majority

• 朝鮮半島ちょうせんはんとう

  Korean peninsula

• 半袖はんそで
  N3

  short sleeves

• 半月はんげつ
  N1

  half-moon

• 半身はんしん
  N1

  half the body; half length

• 上半期かみはんき

  first half of the year; first half of the fiscal year

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