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半: half

half
5 strokesElementary · Grade 2 (9級)in 60 words here

Readings

On
ハン
Kun
なかば

はん: 半分(はんぶん), 後半(こうはん). In times it means "thirty": 九時半(くじはん).

Stroke order · 5 strokes

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Key words

半分はんぶんhalf
半年はんとしhalf a year
前半ぜんはんfirst half
後半こうはんsecond half
半ばなかばmiddle; half

Example sentences

Class starts at nine thirty.

We cut the cake in half and shared it.

I leave home at seven thirty every morning.

It rained in the second half of the game.

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