# 半 half

干 (dry out) + 丶 (dot)
★★★★★
5 strokes
PRE PK STRONG
PREFIX - you can't use this willy-nilly, but if you see it before a noun, you know it means 'half of that noun.'

## Onyomi

HAN | HAN solo was half of the crew of the Millennium Falcon.

## Mnemonic

| HALF the dots are on the left side of 干, and HALF are on the right side!

## Kunyomi

なか*ば | in the middle, halfway (mid-30s, middle of June, mid-century) KANA ★★☆☆☆

## Jukugo

2時半(にじはん) | 2:30 ★★★★★ 時 (time) + 半 (half) = 2時半 (2:30)
半分(はんぶん) | one half ★★★★★ 半 (half) + 分 (understand / divide / minute) = 半分 (one half)
半年(はんとし) | half a year. ★★★★☆ KUN ON 半 (half) + 年 (year) = 半年 (half a year.)
半額(はんがく) | half-price ★★★☆☆ 半 (half) + 額 (amount of money / forehead) = 半額 (half-price) half-price, half the amount.

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
半 | half | HEAD |
平 | equal / level | top is LEVEL |

only 半　（half) has a litle 'head' poking up. So say to yourself, The samurai cuts your head in HALF.

There IS no head poking up the top of "level." . . I guess you could say the top is LEVEL.

## Used In

- 判
- 伴
- 平