also: はんじつ
noun, adverb
half a day; half day
Refers to a period of roughly half a day, either as a noun or adverbially. The reading はんにち is standard; はんじつ is a rarer, more formal variant.
半日かけて掃除をした。
I spent half a day cleaning.
半日休暇を取った。
I took a half-day off.
Standard kanji spelling; the reading はんにち is the most common.
Alternate reading, less common and somewhat formal or literary.
Compound of 半 (half) and 日 (day). The reading はんにち is the standard Sino-Japanese reading; はんじつ uses the older go-on reading for 日.