Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N5

224 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 5

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

Kunyomi: なか.ば

Onyomi: ハン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: じゅう

Meaning: ten, complete

Strokes: 2

Examples

Examples with audio

分(はんぶん)   half

額(はんがく)   half price

導体(はんどうたい)   semiconductor

熟(はんじゅく)   soft-boiled

一時(いちじはん)   half past one

二年(にねんはん)   two and a half years

ば(つきなかば)   middle of the month

Onyomi Examples

ハン half, semi-, half-past, odd number, han (unit of land area, approx. 595.8 m^2)

ハンガク half the amount (of money), half price, half fare

四畳 ヨジョウハン four and a half tatami mats, four-and-a-half-mat room, small room esp. for assignations

カハン the greater part

Kunyomi Examples

なかば middle, halfway, midway, half (of), one half, half (e.g. done, jokingly), partly, in part, partially, mostly, almost, nearly

ば過ぎ なかばすぎ beyond the middle