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半bàn夜yè三sān更gēng

  1. see 三更半夜[san1 geng1 ban4 ye4]

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Japanese data from JMdict, JMnedict, KANJIDIC2, and RADKFILE/KRADFILE (EDRDG). Chinese from CC-CEDICT. French and English from English Wiktionary via Wiktextract. Example sentences from Tatoeba. Stroke diagrams from KanjiVG. JLPT levels follow Jonathan Waller's lists. Full credits on the data and licences page.

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4
半
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

half, semi-, incomplete, (after a number) and a half

Pinyin
bàn
Strokes
5
Frequency
2465 of 2500
Words starting with 半Words ending in 半Anywhere in a word
夜
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

variant of 夜[ye4]

Pinyin
yè
Traditional
亱
Strokes
8
Frequency
4459 of 2500
Words starting with 夜Words ending in 夜Anywhere in a word
三
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

surname San

Pinyin
Sān
Strokes
3
Frequency
849 of 2500
Words starting with 三Words ending in 三Anywhere in a word
更
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

to change or replace, to experience, one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided, watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)

Pinyin
gēng
Strokes
7
Frequency
172 of 2500
Words starting with 更Words ending in 更Anywhere in a word