The Chinese Radical: 半


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Meaning
half, semi-    半

Explanation A birthday cake with two candles , and a knife to cut half.

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 3
fat, plump
pàng
Left: body part /, right: half (A knife cuts a birthday cake with candles in half.)
If your body could be halved, you are too fat.
JLPT HSK 3
half, semi-
bàn
A birthday cake , two candles and a knife
The birthday cake with two candles is cut with a knife into: half.
JLPT HSK 4
to judge, to sentence, to discriminate, to discern, decide
pàn
Left: half (A knife cuts a birthday cake with candles in half.), right: knife
If sth. is cut to half with a knife, you shall judge is somebody is discriminated.
JLPT HSK 5
partner, companion, comrade
bàn
Left: person , right: half (A knife cuts a birthday cake with candles in half.)
A person is only half without a partner.
JLPT HSK 6
to revolt, to rebel, to betray
pàn
Left: half (A knife cuts a birthday cake with candles in half.), right: to oppose (Climbing the cliff by hand ? I am opposing)
With (only) the half I oppose and revolt.
JLPT HSK 6
field-path, bank
pàn
Left: field , right: half (A knife cuts a birthday cake with candles in half.)
The fields are halved by the: field path (ridge).
JLPT HSK 6
quarrel, dispute, a blood sacrifice
xìn
Left: blood (.. its drop over a plate ), right: half (A knife cuts a birthday cake with candles in half.)
Up to the blood, for the correct half it was: quarreled.
JLPT HSK 6
to mix, to mix in, to toss (a salad)
bàn
Left: hand , right: half (A knife cuts a birthday cake with candles in half.)
The hand needs to halve before mixing.
JLPT no HSK
to trip, to stumble, to hinder
bàn
Left: thread 纟/, right: half (A knife cuts a birthday cake with candles in half.)
(Horses get ropes [=hobbles] around their fetlocks against running away) If the thread is only half, it is hindering.

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