Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 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(Two crossed arms (with five fingers each) means ten.)
半 half
丷 way out
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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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