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半 — half; semi-; incomplete

half; semi-; incomplete; and a half

Pinyin
bàn
Strokes
5
HSK level
HSK 1
Handwriting
required

How to write 半: 5 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. This character is on the HSK handwriting list, so the exam expects you to write it, not only recognise it.

半 — 5 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 半 in the HSK syllabus: 15

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 半bànhalf; semi-; incomplete; and a halfHSK 1
  2. 一半yíbànhalfHSK 1
  3. 半天bàntiānhalf of the day; a long time; quite a while; midairHSK 3
  4. 半夜bànyèmidnight; in the middle of the nightHSK 5
  5. 半边天bànbiāntiānhalf the sky; women of the new society; womenfolkHSK 7–9
  6. 半岛bàndǎopeninsulaHSK 7–9
  7. 半导体bàndǎotǐsemiconductorHSK 7–9
  8. 半径bànjìngradiusHSK 7–9
  9. 半数bànshùhalf the number; halfHSK 7–9
  10. 半途而废bàntú’érfèito give up halfway; leave sth unfinishedHSK 7–9
  11. 半信半疑bànxìn-bànyíhalf believing, half doubting; not quite convinced; skepticalHSK 7–9
  12. 多半duōbànmost; mostly; most likelyHSK 7–9
  13. 过半guòbànover fifty percent; more than halfHSK 7–9
  14. 上半场shàngbànchǎngfirst half of a game or contestHSK 7–9
  15. 下半场xiàbànchǎngsecond half of a game or contestHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.