Medoru
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半
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)
δΈ‹εŠζœŸ しもはんき

second half of the year

ε‰εŠ γœγ‚“γ―γ‚“

first half

半月 はんげ぀

half-moon

半年 はんとし

half a year

半靴 はんぐ぀

low shoes

半ζ—₯ はんにけ

half day

倜半 やはん

middle of the night

εŠγ€… はんはん

half and half

半月归 はんげ぀けい

semicircular

εŠη„Ό はんしょう

partial destruction by fire

εŠη†Ÿε΅ γ―γ‚“γ˜γ‚…γγŸγΎγ”

soft boiled egg

半月弁 はんげ぀べん

semilunar valve

εŠγƒ‰γƒ³ はんドン

half-holiday

後半戦 こうはんせん

second half

δΈ€εˆ†εŠ いっぷんはん

a minute and a half

半濁音符 γ―γ‚“γ γγŠγ‚“γ·

handakuten

εŠζΏη‚Ή はんだくてん

handakuten

εŠγ‚±γƒ„ はんケツ

having buttock cleavage exposed (e.g. when sitting)

ζ…°γΏεŠεˆ† γͺぐさみはんぢん

partly for fun

δΈ‹ε››εŠζœŸ しもしはんき

last quarter (of the year)

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