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半 bàn — “half”
How to write and say the Chinese character 半 (bàn), which means half — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Numbers & counting.
Pinyin · 拼音 bàn
Meaning · 意思 half
Strokes · 笔画 5
Radical · 部首 十 (ten)
Hear it · 听发音
Stroke order笔顺
半 is written with 5 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):
The story behind it字源小故事
Picture it: a cow 牛 splitting 丷 wood in half.
A common word常用词
一半
half
Example sentence例句
现在是三点半。
It's half past three.
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