Memory phrase for the character: 半

半

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Meaning

half, middle

Pronunciation

 HAN
nakaba

Explanation

 A cake 二, two candles 丷 and a cut 丨

Mnemonic
 
The birthday cake with two candles is cut 丨 into half.

Radicals

十 ten, 10Two crossed arms (with five fingers each) means ten.
半 halfThe cake 二 with two candles 丷 is cut 丨 into half.
丷 way outThis radical is understood as "something coming out", such as steam.
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 Vocabulary

半ば なかば  middle, half, semi, halfway, partly
半径 はんけい  radius
半島 はんとう  peninsula
過半数 かはんすう  majority
半分 はんぶん  half minute
半端 はんぱ  remnant, fragment, incomplete set
大半 たいはん  majority, mostly, generally

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