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半

bàn

HSK 3.0 · 1HSK 2.0 · 3

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bàn · bun3 (Jyutping)

  1. half
  2. semi-
  3. incomplete
  4. (after a number) and a half

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

半

Meaning
half
Radical
十
Strokes
5
Components
⿻丷牛
Cangjie
FQ
Four-corner
9050.0

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.

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