All charactersHSK 2

bàn

half; semi-, incomplete. 5 strokes, radical 十, first met in HSK 2.

Pinyin bànStrokes 5Radical Band HSK 2Words 3

What 半 is made of

(ha, kwukyel) and (niú, ox).

A cow 牛 splitting 丷 wood in half.

How to write 半

Strokes 1–2 write , then strokes 3–5 write .

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Stroke order chart for 半 — 5 strokes, radical 十

Write 半 on the grid

Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.

Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 半

Words that use 半

(bàn)() midnight, the dead of night
一夜之中最深最静的时候

他常常写作业写到半夜。He often stays up doing homework until midnight.

Lesson 2, 努力学习 · 温情相伴与日夕起居 · Affection, Campus Routine & Daily Vitality

(duō)(bàn) mostly, more than half
指大部分,超过一半

断粮多半天,抢险突击队舍生忘死。They went more than half a day without food during the blizzard.

Lesson 572, 仁心仁术 · 笃行实干与大爱无疆 · Civic Valor & Humanitarian Compassion

(bàn)(jué)(sài) semifinal
指比赛中决赛前一轮的赛事

热烈观看社区乒乓球联赛半决赛。Residents gathered to watch the community table-tennis semifinal.

Lesson 539, 经纬宏规 · 笃行恪守与时代风云 · Urban Vigilance & Resilient Governance

Characters that contain 半

pànpàngbàn

More characters with the radical 十

All 12 of them, and what the radical means, on the 十 radical page.

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