半 bàn

half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half

HSK 15 strokes

Stroke order animation

半 · 5 strokes

5 strokes

Each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

Ideograph⿻丷牛

A cow 牛 splitting 丷 wood in half

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

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yī bànhalf

bàn tiānhalf of the day

bàn yèmidnight

bàn dǎopeninsula

bàn jìngradius

bàn shùhalf the number; half

duō bànmost

guò bànover fifty percent

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