The Chinese Radical: 半


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Meaning
half, semi-    半

Explanation A birthday cake 二 with two candles , and a knife 丨 to cut half.

Used in these characters:
HSK 3
fat, plump
pàng
Left: body part 月/肉, right: half 半 (A knife cuts 丨 a birthday cake 二 with candles 丷 in half.)
If your body could be halved, you are too fat.  
HSK 3
half, semi-
bàn
A birthday cake 二, two candles 丷 and a knife 丨
The birthday cake with two candles is cut with a knife into: half.  
HSK 4
to judge, to sentence, to discriminate, to discern, decide
pàn
Left: half 半 (A knife 丨 cuts a birthday cake 二 with candles 丷 in half.), right: knife 刂
If sth. is cut to half with a knife, you shall judge is somebody is discriminated.  
HSK 5
partner, companion, comrade
bàn
Left: person 人, right: half 半 (A knife 丨 cuts a birthday cake 二 with candles 丷 in half.)
A person is only half without a partner.  
HSK 6
to revolt, to rebel, to betray
pàn
Left: half 半 (A knife 丨 cuts a birthday cake 二 with candles 丷 in half.), right: to oppose 反 (Climbing the cliff 厂 by hand 又? I am opposing)
With (only) the half I oppose and revolt.  
HSK 6
field-path, bank
pàn
Left: field 田, right: half 半 (A knife cuts 丨 a birthday cake 二 with candles 丷 in half.)
The fields are halved by the: field path (ridge).  
HSK 6
quarrel, dispute, a blood sacrifice
xìn
Left: blood 血 (.. its drop 丶 over a plate 皿), right: half 半 (A knife cuts 丨 a birthday cake 二 with candles 丷 in half.)
Up to the blood, for the correct half it was: quarreled.  
HSK 6
to mix, to mix in, to toss (a salad)
bàn
Left: hand 扌, right: half 半 (A knife cuts 丨 a birthday cake 二 with candles 丷 in half.)
The hand needs to halve before mixing.  
no HSK
to trip, to stumble, to hinder
bàn
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: half 半 (A knife cuts 丨 a birthday cake 二 with candles 丷 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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