半 (Han) is a Japanese noun prefix meaning “half, semi-, partial, half-past”.
Meanings
- noun prefix, nounhalf; semi-; partial
- noun suffixhalf-past
- nounodd number
- nounhan (unit of land area, approx. 595.8 m^2)
Examples
私は卵を半ダース買った。
I bought half a dozen eggs.
海までわずか半マイルだ。
It is no more than half a mile to the sea.
彼は毎日１時間半勉強した。
He studied for one and a half hours every day.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).