Question

半 なか.ば half, middle, odd number, semi-, part- 5 224 5 24 じゅう・じゅうへん 象形 Pictographic Imagine karate chopping the number three in half with a WALKING STICK and pausing the picture just as the first "board" breaks.

Accepted Answer

ハン は 半分(はんぶん): half大半(たいはん): majority; mostly; generally半(はん): (1) half; semi- (2) half-past (3) odd number (4) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)過半数(かはんすう): majority半島(はんとう): peninsula半ば(なかば): middle; half; semi; halfway; partly半径(はんけい): radius半端(はんぱ): remnant; fragment; incomplete set; fraction; odd sum; incompleteness 2 丶: dot; tick or dot radical (no. 3)二: two; two radical (no.2)十: ten 十 2 (none) half I think of this as a pictograph, there are three boards to cut, the first one is already in half and there are still two more to go.

Kanji	半
Onyomi	ハン
Kunyomi	なか.ば
Nanori	は
English	half, middle, odd number, semi-, part-
Examples	半分(はんぶん): half 大半(たいはん): majority; mostly; generally 半(はん): (1) half; semi- (2) half-past (3) odd number (4) unit of land area (595.8 m^2) 過半数(かはんすう): majority 半島(はんとう): peninsula 半ば(なかば): middle; half; semi; halfway; partly 半径(はんけい): radius 半端(はんぱ): remnant; fragment; incomplete set; fraction; odd sum; incompleteness
JLPT Level	5
Jouyou Grade	2
Frequency	224
Components	丶: dot; tick or dot radical (no. 3) 二: two; two radical (no.2) 十: ten
Number of Strokes	5
Kanji Radical	十
Radical Number	24
Radical Strokes	2
Radical Reading	じゅう・じゅうへん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	象形 Pictographic
Keyword	half
Koohii Story 1	Imagine karate chopping the number three in half with a WALKING STICK and pausing the picture just as the first "board" breaks.
Koohii Story 2	I think of this as a pictograph, there are three boards to cut, the first one is already in half and there are still two more to go.

Half Odd Number Radical 半 ハン なか.ば は

Half Odd Number Radical 半ハンなか.ばは