半 half, semi-, incomplete, middle, partly, odd number, one at a time, half at a time 䒑,十,丷,丨,二,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

ハン
HA　N

Kun-yomi

なか(ば
na　ka　ba

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

䒑

× HTML entity: 䒑 spurting shaft stance stuff flying up

　EMIT an ARRAY
…or: EMISSIONS from ROD SEGMENT
　

十

ジュウ,ジッ,ジュッ,とお filled completely, perfectly full; screwing, rotating, twisting, turning; crossed shape; closing a hole or other opening, plugged, blocked; needle; ten

　VERTICALLY and HORIZONTALLY
…or: TOP TO BOTTOM and SIDE TO SIDE
　

丷

× emit upward

　EMISSIONS, EMIT DROPS
　

丨

コン,シ,ジョ,ニョ,すす,しりぞ vertical, reciprocating motion vertically, rod stalk or stem while vertical

　TOP TO BOTTOM, BOTTOM TO TOP, UP-DOWN
　

二

ニ,ジ,ふた,ふたたび two; a change of physical state

　ONE (twice)
　

Meanings of elements

SPURTING SHAFT with NEEDLE, FULL, TWISTING AND SCREWING
…or: EMITTING ROD in TWO PHYSICAL STATES
…or: TWO RODS EMITTING

「Split, divide」「two hands together」(from 扌) results in HALF, SEMI-, MIDDLE, PARTLY, an ODD NUMBER of hands and fingers on each side.「Shaft spurting with full needle」describes an INCOMPLETE series of clinic visits for a dose of clap, as the shaft is still refilling.「Changing state」with「rod emissions」suggests INCOMPLETENESS.

Modern definitions (that generally disregard history) …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may list only pigeonholed definitions, euphemisms, or meaningless mnemonics)
Chinese: half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half
Japanese: half, semi-, half-past, odd number, unit of land area, middle, halfway, partly, half and half, fifty-fifty, half holiday, half-crying, being on the verge of crying, half of a piece of paper, half-size paper, stub
Unihan extended: half
EDRDG: half; middle; odd number; semi-; part-

Used within names (nanori)
は

Always keep in mind that these glyphs were originally created by groups of clever old men as vulgar riddles and analogies for their own entertainment (see 籒 for that) and represented Chinese society many thousands of years ago, and not as a written or spoken language. If these glyphs had been intended for language use, the sages could not have possibly designed a worse system. Is it truly possible that all these glyphs started out as off-color jokes and puzzles? Yes! It is! Sex had no shame in ancient China. Why would it? And now, there is a cover-up. No one is suggesting these glyphs depict contemporary life in China, Japan, or anywhere else. This site describes glyph meanings, not people. These glyphs however, describe many and various things, including people, long before there were any notions of becoming politically incorrect. The question to be answered is, should these glyphs continue being used, by anyone, anywhere, for expressing language? (More...) Despite how bad the human world is today, do you actually believe that the so-called good old days were any better? Or they could only have been worse?

By the way, with a limited number of the same elements used by the sages again and again to form these glyphs, you should expect to find the same explanations again and again, as tedious as that may become, and as an inherent trait of any dictionary. This site explains the dual meanings of glyphs most often ignored by other sources that provide you with only the sanctioned definition, generally.