半

半	U+534A, 半 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-534A

Translingual

Stroke order

Alternative forms

In Korean hanja, the upper component of the character is written in the form of ハ.

Han character

半 (Kangxi radical 24, 十+3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 火手 (FQ), four-corner 9050₀, composition ⿻丷𰀁(GHTJV) or ⿻八𰀁(K))

Shuowen Jiezi radical №18

Derived characters

判

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 156, character 7
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2707
Dae Jaweon: page 354, character 6
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 46, character 1
Unihan data for U+534A

Chinese

simp. and trad.		半

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 半
Western Zhou
Bronze inscriptions

Characters in the same phonetic series (半) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
半	*paːns
絆	*paːns
靽	*paːns
姅	paːns, pʰaːns
拌	pʰaːn, baːnʔ
拚	pʰaːn, brons, pʰaːn, puns
坢	*pʰaːnʔ
判	*pʰaːns
泮	*pʰaːns
頖	*pʰaːns
胖	*pʰaːns
冸	*pʰaːns
牉	*pʰaːns
柈	*baːn
伴	baːnʔ, baːns
叛	*baːns
畔	*baːns
袢	*ban

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 八 (“to divide”) + 牛 (“cow”) – to cut a cow into two halves.

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *par. Related to 畔 (OC *baːns, “bank between fields”), which is an endopassive of 半 (OC *paːns, “half”), lit. "be separated from".

Pronunciation

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Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 半

half
全國人口的一半／全国人口的一半 ― quánguó rénkǒu de yībàn ― half of the national population

一磅半 [Cantonese] ― jat¹ bong⁶ bun³ [Jyutping] ― 1½ pounds

十點半／十点半 [Cantonese] ― sap⁶ dim² bun³ [Jyutping] ― 10:30
very little
halfway, partially, semi-
半醉半醒 ― bàn zuì bàn xǐng ― partially in a stupor, partially awake

Usage notes

半 (bàn) + classifier + noun indicate half of something, while number + classifier + 半 (bàn) + noun means "and a half".

半塊麵包／半块面包 ― bàn kuài miànbāo ― half a loaf of bread

兩塊半麵包／两块半面包 ― liǎng kuài bàn miànbāo ― two and a half loves of bread

Compounds

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Japanese

Shinjitai	半
Kyūjitai	半

Kanji

半

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

half

Readings

Compounds

Derived terms

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半(はん)月(げつ) (hangetsu), 半(はん)月(つき) (hantsuki)
半(はん)年(とし) (hantoshi)
半(はん)田(だ) (handa)
半(はん)分(ぶん) (hanbun)
半(はん)島(とう) (hantō): a peninsula
四(し)半(はん) (shihan): a quarter

Noun

半(はん) • (han)

odd (especially of dice)
Antonyms: 丁(ちょう) (chō, “even”)

Prefix

半(はん) or 半(prefix) • (han or prefix) [[Category:Japanese Lua error in Module:debug at line 160: Invalid part of speech.
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half, semi-
半(はん)年(とし)
hantoshi
semiannual

半(はん)世(せい)紀(き)
hanseiki
semicentennial

Antonyms

複(ふく) (fuku, “double”)
全(ぜん) (zen, “entire”)

Suffix

半(はん) or 半(suffix) • (han or suffix) [[Category:Japanese Lua error in Module:debug at line 160: Invalid part of speech.
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and a half
四(よん)倍(ばい)半(はん)
yon-bai han
four and a half times

二(に)十(じゅう)二(に)年(ねん)半(はん)
nijūni-nen han
twenty-two and a half years

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 半 (MC panH). Recorded as Middle Korean 반 (pan) (Yale: pan) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pa̠(ː)n]
Phonetic hangul: [반(ː)]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

半

Wikisource

半 (eumhun 반 반 (ban ban))

hanja form^? of 반 (“half”)

Compounds

반지 (半指, banji)
반구 (半球, ban'gu)
절반 (折半, jeolban)
반음 (半音, baneum)
반도체 (半導體, bandoche)
한반도 (韓半島, Hanbando)
과반수 (過半數, gwabansu)
반치음 (半齒音, banchieum)
북반구 (北半球, Bukban'gu)
남반구 (南半球, Namban'gu)
반만년 (半萬年, banmannyeon)
반가좌 (半跏坐, ban'gajwa)

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

Vietnamese

Han character

半: Hán Việt readings: bán (博(bác)漫(mạn)切(thiết))^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]
半: Nôm readings: bán^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6], bớn^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6], bướng^[3]^[7], vắn^[1], búng^[2], bận^[3], ban^[3], bướn^[5]

chữ Hán form of bán (“half”).
Nôm form of vắn (“short, brief”).
Nôm form of bán (“to sell”).
Nôm form of bớn.

Compounds

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Nguyễn (2014).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 Trần (2004).
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Bonet (1899).
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 Génibrel (1898).
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).
^ Hồ (1976).

[tdcndg-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Nguyễn (2014).

[tdcntd-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Nguyễn et al. (2009).

[gdhn-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 Trần (2004).

[bonet-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Bonet (1899).

[genibrel-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 Génibrel (1898).

[taberd-6] 6.0 ^6.1 Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).

[btcn-7] Hồ (1976).

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Definitions

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