1. 半
  2. 晌

半

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  1. 半 is the 513th most frequent character.
  2. 半 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 半 appears as a character in 103 words.
  4. 半 appears as a component in 13 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
半 => No glyph available, 丷
Radical :
半 => 二 (two), 丨 (line), 丷 (eight/divide)
Graphical :
半 => 二, 丨, 丷

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ban4 - half/semi-/incomplete/(after a number) and a half

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 半 (ban4): The component 丷 is pronounced as 'ba1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

一半 
半 
半夜 

Medium Frequency

三更半夜 
上半年 
下半年 
半价 (半價)
半场 (半場)
半天 
半岛 (半島)
半死 
半决赛 (半決賽)
半生 
半路 
半辈子 (半輩子)
半点 (半點)
多半 
夜半 
大半 
过半 (過半)

Appears In:

半 also appears in:
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晌

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  1. 晌 is the 2816th most frequent character.
  2. 晌 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 晌 appears as a character in 3 words.
  4. 晌 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
晌 => 日, 向
Radical :
晌 => 日 (sun/day), 宀 (roof), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
晌 => 口, 一, 冖, 丶, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shang3 - part of the day/midday

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

半晌 

Medium Frequency

晌午 
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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