BloomkoHSK 1 · Telling time
半年
bàn nián
half a year
Stroke order of 半年
2 characters, 11 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.
Memory trick
半 splits the 年 year in two: half of a year.
Parts: 半 half (丷 + 牛) + 年 year
The characters in 半年
Example sentence
我学了半年汉语。
I have studied Chinese for half a year.