The 半 family
半 · bàn · ㄅㄢˋ — half
Know 半 and the readings of 4 more characters follow: 伴、判、叛、絆. In traditional Chinese, most characters carry a sound component — a phonetic — and learning the phonetic once lights up its whole family. This page is that family, drawn live from the map.
The characters
One sound, many meanings: the 部首 beside each character is the other half of the pair, the part that tells them apart.
- 伴bàn · ㄅㄢˋ部首 亻 單人旁 · personpartner; companion; comrade; associate; to accompany88%
- 判pàn · ㄆㄢˋ部首 刂 立刀旁 · knifeto differentiate; to distinguish; clearly (different)66%
- 叛pàn · ㄆㄢˋ部首 又 · againto betray; to rebel66%
- 絆bàn · ㄅㄢˋ部首 糹 絞絲旁 · fine silkto trip; to stumble88%
The percentage is our computed confidence that 半 really signals that character’s sound — scored from how closely the readings agree and how reliably 半 predicts the sound of every character built on it. Mean for this family: 77%.
Words this family builds
- 一半
- 背叛
- 審判
- 同伴
- 叛徒
- 判斷
- 夥伴
- 談判
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