半 bàn
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 十 — ten, tenth
- Made of
- 丷 kwukyel 牛 ox, cow, bull
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
半年
bànnián
half a year
Characters in this word
年 nián
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 干 — arid, dry
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我学了半年汉语。 Wǒ xué le bànnián Hànyǔ. I studied Chinese for half a year.
- 他在这里住了半年。 Tā zài zhèlǐ zhù le bànnián. He has lived here for half a year.
- 他工作了半年。 Tā gōngzuò le bànnián. He worked for half a year.