Word Meaning 半数

はんすう hansuu

半数 is read as はんすう (hansuu) and means half the number.

Meaning

English

  1. half the number
  2. haploid

Reading

Kana

はんすう

Romaji

hansuu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 1951 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

半整数

はんせいすう

half-integer

半数体

はんすうたい

haploid (organism, cell, etc.)

半数必中界

はんすうひっちゅうかい

circular error probability (measure of missile accuracy)

半数性

はんすうせい

haploidy

過半数

かはんすう

majority

絶対過半数

ぜったいかはんすう

absolute majority

半数致死量

はんすうちしりょう

median lethal dose

半倍数性

はんばいすうせい

haplodiploidy

半角数字

はんかくすうじ

half-width digit

半角英数字

はんかくえいすうじ

half-width alphanumeric character

単独過半数

たんどくかはんすう

outright majority

半面

はんめん

half the face

Example Sentences

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Half the students were absent.

Half of the apples are rotten.

Half of the students are absent.

Half of these apples are rotten.

More than half the residents are opposed to the plan.

Most graduates of the Department of Science proceed to a master's program, and roughly half of those continue on to their PhD.

Around half of middle-school students in Japan have mobile phones, but if you look at those in high school then 97% have them.