Word Meaning 半島

はんとう hantou

半島 is read as はんとう (hantou) and means Korea.

Meaning

English

  1. Korea
  2. peninsula

Reading

Kana

はんとう

Romaji

hantou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 1955 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

半島人

はんとうじん

Korean (person)

半島国

はんとうこく

peninsular country (e.g. Italy, Korea)

インド半島

いんどはんとう

Indian subcontinent

能登半島

のとはんとう

Noto Peninsula (Ishikawa Prefecture)

半島系

はんとうけい

Korean living in Japan

朝鮮半島

ちょうせんはんとう

Korean peninsula

半導体

はんどうたい

semiconductor

半減

はんげん

reduction by half

半身

はんしん

half the body

半周

はんしゅう

to go halfway round (e.g. the earth)

半額

はんがく

half the amount (of money)

Example Sentences

4

はんとうのさきにちいさなまちがある。

There is a small town at the tip of the peninsula.

Italy is a peninsula.

Have you ever been to the Korean Peninsula?

A humid climate is characteristic of the peninsula.