半
half
- 丷two drops
- 二two
- 丨line
- kun
- なか.ばnaka.ba
- on
- ハンhan
mnemonic
A LINE (丨) cuts straight down through TWO (二) and splits TWO DROPS (丷) apart: everything divided in HALF. "Han" (ハン): a hamburger cut in half; sanji-han is half past three.
examples
- 半分はんぶんhanbunhalf
- 三時半さんじはんsanjihanhalf past three
- 半年はんとしhantoshihalf a year