The Japanese Radical: 半


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Meaning
half    半

Explanation The cake 二 with two candles 丷 is cut 丨 into half.

Used in these characters:
半
JLPT 5Joyo 2
 half, middle
nakaba, HAN
 十 半 丷
A cake 二, two candles 丷 and a cut 丨
The birthday cake with two candles is cut 丨 into half.  
判
JLPT 2Joyo 5
 stamp, judge, seal, size
HAN, BAN
 半 刂
Left: half 半 (A cake 二 with candles 丷 is cut by knife丨into half), right: knife 刂. (Think of a hanko (= name stamp): a wooden stick that is cut in half to create a face into which the name characters are carved.
Cut in half and engraved with a knife to make: a stamp.  
伴
JLPT 1Joyo 7
 accompany, consort, to go with, companion
tomonau, HAN, BAN
 亻 半
Left: person 人, right: half 半 (A cake 二 with candles 丷 is cut by knife丨into half)
A person is only a half without an accompany.  
畔
JLPT 1Joyo 7
 paddy-ridge (pathway between two fields), edge
aze, HAN
 田 半
Left: field 田, right: half 半 (A cake 二 with candles 丷 is cut by knife丨into half.)
The field is halved by the ridge.  

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