半 bàn
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 十 — ten, tenth
- Made of
- 丷 horns 牛 ox, cow, bull
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
半夜
bànyè
midnight; late at night
Characters in this word
夜 yè
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 夕 — evening, night, dusk
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 半夜很安静。 Bànyè hěn ānjìng. It is quiet at midnight.
- 他半夜回家。 Tā bànyè huí jiā. He comes home late at night.
- 半夜别出门。 Bànyè bié chū mén. Do not go out late at night.