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半 (pinyin bàn, "half") is an HSK 2 Mandarin character with 5 strokes, built on the radical 丶.

New
bàn

half

Tone 4 · Fourth tone (falling)

Radical
Strokes
5
HSK
2 · tier 2a

Commonly confused with

Characters this one is often mistaken for — same number of strokes, similar silhouette, single-component differences. Curated, not derived.

Radical family

Other characters built on the same radical . Often shares meaning category.

Pinyin neighbors

Characters with the same rime -an, same-tone matches first. Many are true phonetic relatives; others are coincidental.

HanziFluency

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