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JLPT N5 SL2 5 strokes Frequency: #224

Meanings

Half, Middle, Odd Number, Semi-, Part-

Radicals

十

Decomposition

⿻丷牛

Etymology

Ideographic: A cow 牛 splittingΒ δΈ·Β wood in half

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 5

Stroke Order

1 dot bottom-right-to-top-left
2 diagonal right-to-left
3 horizontal bottom-to-top
4 horizontal bottom-to-top
5 vertical right-to-left
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
ハン han
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
γͺか naka

Words Using This Kanji

386 words total
Other (20 words)
εŠεˆ†ε†—θ«‡ γ―γ‚“γΆγ‚“γ˜γ‚‡γ†γ γ‚“

(talking in a) half-joking manner

γ‚€γƒ³γƒ‰εŠε³Ά むンドはんとう

Indian subcontinent

εŠθ§’γ‚ΉγƒšγƒΌγ‚Ή γ―γ‚“γ‹γγ‚ΉγƒšγƒΌγ‚Ή

half-width space

εŠη«―γ˜γ‚ƒγͺい γ―γ‚“γ±γ˜γ‚ƒγͺい

considerable

ζ„›ζ†Žη›ΈεŠγ°γ™γ‚‹ γ‚γ„γžγ†γ‚γ„γͺかばする

to have mixed feelings of love and hatred

εŠε…‰ζ²’η΄™ γ―γ‚“γ“γ†γŸγγ—

semi-gloss paper

εŠθ‰² γ―γ—γŸγ„γ‚

mid-bright purple

εŠε…‰ζ²’ γ―γ‚“γ“γ†γŸγ

semigloss

εŠε°Žδ½“η΄ ε­ γ―γ‚“γ©γ†γŸγ„γγ—

semiconductor device

半合成繊碭 はんごうせいせんい

semi-synthetic fiber

半合成 はんごうせい

semi-synthetic

εŠι‡ γ―γ‚“γ‚Šγ‚‡γ†

half the amount

εŠζ•°θ‡΄ζ­»ι‡ γ―γ‚“γ™γ†γ‘γ—γ‚Šγ‚‡γ†

median lethal dose

δΈεŠεšζ‰“ けょうはんばくけ

chō-han bakuchi

倧規樑半壊 だいきぼはんかい

partial building damage comprising 50-70% of the surface area

εŠηƒε½’ はんきゅうけい

hemisphere

ε››εŠ しはん

quarter

θˆˆε‘³εŠεˆ† きょうみはんぢん

half out of interest

γƒ‘γƒ―γƒΌεŠε°Žδ½“ γƒ‘γƒ―γƒΌγ―γ‚“γ©γ†γŸγ„

power semiconductor

ε˜η‹¬ιŽεŠζ•° γŸγ‚“γ©γγ‹γ―γ‚“γ™γ†

outright majority