半 (Kanji for half) | KANJIDAMAGE

PREFIX - you can't use this willy-nilly, but if you see it before a noun, you know it means 'half of that noun.'

Onyomi

HAN	HAN solo was half of the crew of the Millennium Falcon.

HALF the dots are on the left side of 干, and HALF are on the right side!

なか*ば	in the middle, halfway (mid-30s, middle of June, mid-century) KANA ★★☆☆☆

2時半(にじはん)	2:30 ★★★★★ 時 (time) + 半 (half) = 2時半 (2:30)
半分(はんぶん)	one half ★★★★★ 半 (half) + 分 (understand / divide / minute) = 半分 (one half)
半年(はんとし)	half a year. ★★★★☆ KUN ON 半 (half) + 年 (year) = 半年 (half a year.)
半額(はんがく)	half-price ★★★☆☆ 半 (half) + 額 (amount of money / forehead) = 半額 (half-price) half-price, half the amount.

	Meaning	Hint	Radical
半	half	HEAD
平	equal / level	top is LEVEL

only 半　（half) has a litle 'head' poking up. So say to yourself, The samurai cuts your head in HALF.

There IS no head poking up the top of "level." . . I guess you could say the top is LEVEL.