Kanji

半

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Stroke order data: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)(opens in a new tab)
JLPT N5Jōyō · grade 2freq #2245 strokes

Meanings

half, middle, odd number, semi-, part-

ES: mitad, medio, incompleto, semi-, semi, a medias, en parte

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ハン
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なか.ば

Common words

  • 半分はんぶんhalf
  • 大半たいはんmajority, more than half, most (of)
  • 半ばなかばmiddle, halfway, midway
  • 半径はんけいradius
  • 半島はんとうpeninsula
  • 過半数かはんすうmajority
  • 半端はんぱremnant, fragment, incomplete set, incompleteness
  • 後半こうはんsecond half, latter half

Example sentences

  • それを半分はんぶんにきりなさい。

    Cut it in half.

    Pártelo a la mitad.

    Tatoeba #204534(opens in a new tab)
  • 海うみまではわずか半はんマイルだ。

    It is no more than half a mile to the sea.

    No hay más de media milla hasta el mar.

    Tatoeba #185085(opens in a new tab)
  • 彼女かのじょは40代だい半なかばで再婚さいこんした。

    She married again in her mid-forties.

    Ella se casó nuevamente a mediados de sus cuarentas.

    Tatoeba #93529(opens in a new tab)
  • 彼かれは人生じんせいの大半たいはんを外国がいこくで暮くらした。

    He lived abroad for much of his life.

    Vivió en el extranjero gran parte de su vida.

    Tatoeba #103534(opens in a new tab)

Dictionary data: JMdict and KANJIDIC2, property of the EDRDG, used under its licence (CC BY-SA 4.0).(opens in a new tab)

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