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U+534A, 半
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-534A

[U+5349]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+534B]

Translingual

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Alternative forms

  • In Korean hanja, the upper component of the character is written in the form of .

Han character

(Kangxi radical 24, +3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 火手 (FQ), four-corner 90500, composition 𰀁(GHTJ) or 𰀁(K))

  1. Shuowen Jiezi radical №18

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 156, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2707
  • Dae Jaweon: page 354, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 46, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+534A
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Chinese

Glyph origin

More information Historical forms of the character 半, Western Zhou ...

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): (to divide) + (cow) – to cut a cow into two halves.

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *par. Related to (OC *baːns, “bank between fields”), which is an endopassive of (OC *paːns, “half”), lit. "be separated from".

Pronunciation


Note:
  • bua4/buann4 - vernacular;
  • buang4/buong4 - literary.

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More information Zhengzhang system (2003), Character ...

Definitions

  1. half
    全國人口全国人口   quánguó rénkǒu de yībàn   half of the national population
    [Cantonese]   jat1 bong6 bun3 [Jyutping]   1½ pounds
    十點十点 [Cantonese]   sap6 dim2 bun3 [Jyutping]   10:30
  2. very little
  3. halfway, partially, semi-
       bàn zuì bàn xǐng   partially in a stupor, partially awake
  4. (Hong Kong, informal, neologism) half past
    [Cantonese]   gau2 bun3 [Jyutping]   half past nine
Usage notes

(bàn) + classifier + noun indicate half of something, while number + classifier + (bàn) + noun means "and a half".

麵包面包   bàn kuài miànbāo   half a loaf of bread
麵包面包   liǎng kuài bàn miànbāo   two and a half loaves of bread

Compounds

Further reading

Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. (Teochew) half
    [Teochew]   zêg8 5 [Peng'im]   half

Further reading

  • Fielde, Adele Marion (1883), “ûe”, in A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect, Arranged According to Syllables and Tones, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 607
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