U+534A "半" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
半
U+534A "半" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character meaning "half" or "semi," representing the concept of one of two equal parts, and it is commonly used in East Asian languages such as Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. Its structure combines elements that evoke the idea of splitting or dividing, and it appears in numerous compounds and words, including time expressions like "half an hour" and terms such as "partner" or "semicircle." This character is a fundamental component in written communication, reflecting a core mathematical and conceptual notion shared across cultures that use CJK scripts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+534A |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 半 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 半 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x8D 0x8A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x534A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000534A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u534a |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A562 |
| kCCCII | 21345C |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4624 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4624 |
| kCangjie | FQ |
| kCantonese | bun3 |
| kCihaiT | 214.502 |
| kCowles | 3389 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0354.060 |
| kDefinition | half |
| kEACC | 21345C |
| kFanqie | 博慢 |
| kFenn | 144A |
| kFennIndex | 380.07 381.01 |
| kFourCornerCode | 9050.0 |
| kGB0 | 1675 |
| kGB1 | 1675 |
| kGradeLevel | 1 |
| kGSR | 0181a |
| kHangul | 반:0E |
| kHanYu | 10046.010 |
| kHanyuPinlu | bàn(1143) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10046.010:bàn,pàn |
| kHKGlyph | 0429 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0354.060 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10046.010 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0156.070 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-306B |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A562 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-483E |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-DCEA |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-5A62 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4624 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-4D68 |
| kJapanese | ハン なかば なかばする |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:307 |
| kJapaneseKun | NAKABA NAKABASURU |
| kJapaneseOn | HAN |
| kJis0 | 4030 |
| kKangXi | 0156.070 |
| kKorean | PAN |
| kLau | 153 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 0584 |
| kMandarin | bàn |
| kMatthews | 4875 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2493 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ007844 MJ007844:E0102 MJ007843:E0103 |
| kMorohashi | 02707:E0103 |
| kNelson | 0132 0167 |
| kPhonetic | 1089 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+3410+24.2.3 V+13986+24.2.3 |
| kRSUnicode | 24.3 |
| kSBGY | 404.27 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 74.08 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | bǎn粵bun3 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 0584 |
| kTang | bɑ̀n |
| kTGHZ2013 | 010.080:bàn |
| kTotalStrokes | 5 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | bán |
| kXerox | 242:334 |
| kXHC1983 | 0031.010:bàn |