| 129 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 214 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 195 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 224 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 132 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 150 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 28 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 213 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.1 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 88 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 88 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 159 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 243 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4313 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2182 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2936 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1210 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 2707X | Morohashi |
| 3501 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 608 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1202 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1286 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 324 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 113 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
224 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 半 【ハン】 half, semi-, partial, half-past, odd number, han (unit of land area, approx. 595.8 m^2)
- 半額 【ハンガク】 half the amount (of money), half price, half fare
- 四畳半 【ヨジョウハン】 four and a half tatami mats, four-and-a-half-mat room, small room esp. for assignations
- 過半 【カハン】 the greater part
Kun reading compounds
- 半ば 【なかば】 middle, halfway, midway, half (of), one half, half (e.g. done, jokingly), partly, in part, partially, mostly, almost, nearly
- 半ば過ぎ 【なかばすぎ】 beyond the middle
Readings
- Japanese names:
- は
- Korean:
- ban
Spanish
- mitad
- medio
- incompleto
- semi-
- semi
- a medias
- en parte
Portuguese
- metade
- médio
- número ímpar
- semi-
- parte-
French
- moitié
- demi
- milieu
- nombre impair
| 1055 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a5.24 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-5-3 | SKIP code |
| 9050.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-40-30 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 534a | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1767 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 盲 【モウ】 blindness
- 盲学校 【モウガッコウ】 school for the blind
- 全盲 【ゼンモウ】 total blindness
- 衆盲 【シュウモウ】 the blind masses, the ignorant masses, the unenlightened masses, many blind people
Kun reading compounds
- 盲 【めくら】 blindness, blind person, illiteracy, illiterate person, ignorance, ignoramus
- 盲穴 【めくらあな】 blind hole
- 俄盲 【にわかめくら】 sudden blindness, one suddenly blinded
- 作り盲 【つくりめくら】 feigned blindness
Readings
- Korean:
- maeng
Spanish
- ciego
- analfabeto
- irresponsable
Portuguese
- cortina
- homem cego
- ignorante
French
- aveugle
- ignorant
| 1852 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1499 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 297 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1177 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1558 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 936 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1375 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1462 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1278 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1378 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2547 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1298 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1767 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 497 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 23132X | Morohashi |
| 2053 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3907 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 486 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 525 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1210 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 479 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2j6.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-6 | SKIP code |
| 0060.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-44-53 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 76f2 | Unicode hex code |