# 半 — Half

Frequency rank 311 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 番 (Number In A Series), less common than 査 (Inspect).

- On’yomi: はん
- Kun’yomi: なか
- Radical: 十 Ten (Kangxi 24)
- Frequency path: Level III of XX

Horns (horns) sit on top and a cow (cow) stands below — a bull with prominent horns has been cut in half, showing that even a horned cow can be split into two equal halves.

In words:

- 半 はん — half
- 半分 はんぶん — half minute
- 半ば なかば — middle,half,semi,halfway,partly

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