半

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

5 strokes Dict coverage rank #261 U+534A

Ideographic compound (会意字)

A cow 牛 splitting 丷 wood in half

components: 丷牛

half · Heisig RSH #980

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Characters built with 半 as their sound component

These characters all use 半 (bàn) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
半 sound component	bàn	half; semi-, incomplete
判	pàn	to judge; to discriminate; to conclude
伴	bàn	companion, comrade, partner; to accompany
胖	pàng	fat, plump, obese; a fat person
叛	pàn	rebel; rebellion; rebellious
拌	bàn	to mix
绊	bàn	a loop of thread; shackles, fetters; to stumble, to trip
衅	xìn	to quarrel, to dispute; a blood sacrifice
泮	pàn	Zhou dynasty school; to disperse, to fall apart
袢	pàn	robe

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
半大不小	bàn dà bù xiǎo	teenage; in one's teens; adolescent
半大小子	bàn dà xiǎo zǐ	teenage boy; adolescent boy
头半天儿	tóu bàn tiān r	erhua variant of 頭半天\|头半天[tou2 ban4 tian1]
一时半会儿	yī shí bàn huì r	a short time; a little while
半山区	bàn shān qū	mid-levels (in Hong Kong)
半人马	bàn rén mǎ	centaur (mythology)
一半天	yī bàn tiān	in a day or two; soon
头半天	tóu bàn tiān	morning; first half of the day
一时半会	yī shí bàn huì	a short time; a little while
半自动	bàn zì dòng	semiautomatic
半开门儿	bàn kāi mén r	erhua variant of 半開門\|半开门[ban4 kai1 men2]
上半天	shàng bàn tiān	morning
半分儿	bàn fēn r	erhua variant of 半分[ban4 fen1]
半通不通	bàn tōng bù tōng	to not fully understand (idiom)
下半天	xià bàn tiān	afternoon
前半天儿	qián bàn tiān r	erhua variant of 前半天[qian2 ban4 tian1]
半路出家	bàn lù chū jiā	(lit.) to enter monastic life at a mature age (idiom); (fig.) to change one's career; to t…
半开化	bàn kāi huà	semicivilized
半小时	bàn xiǎo shí	half an hour; 30 minutes
半空中	bàn kōng zhōng	in midair; in the air