半角

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	horn; angle; role horn; angle; role; actor; contend; horn-shaped; Chinese musical note
trad. (半角)		半	角
simp. #(半角)		半	角

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bànjiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ gok³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bànjiǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bànjiǎo
    • Wade–Giles: pan⁴-chiao³
    • Yale: bàn-jyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannjeau
    • Palladius: баньцзяо (banʹczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun³ gok³
    • Yale: bun gok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ gok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun³ gog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ kɔːk̚³/

Adjective

半角

1. (computing, typography, chiefly Mainland China) halfwidth

Synonyms

• (Taiwan, Hong Kong) 半形 (bànxíng)

Antonyms

• 全角 (quánjiǎo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
半	角
はん Grade: 2	かく Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

半 (“half-”) +‎ 角 (“square”), modeled after 全角 (zenkaku)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はんかく [hàńkákú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [hã̠ŋka̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

半(はん)角(かく) • (hankaku) 

1. (attributive, computing, typography, of an East Asian character or glyph) the state of being halfwidth which, in early computer encoding, occupies 1 byte, and in modern typography, visually either equals 1 en or proportional

   Coordinate terms: 全角 (zenkaku, “fullwidth/-height”), 二分 (nibu, “literally halfwidth/-height”), 倍角 (baikaku, “double-width/-height”)

   半(はん)角(かく)クワタ

   hankaku kuwata

   an en quad

   半(はん)角(かく)スペース

   hankaku supēsu

   an en space

   半(はん)角(かく)ダッシュ

   hankaku dasshu

   an en dash

   半(はん)角(かく)文(も)字(じ)

   hankaku moji

   an halfwidth/en-width/single-byte character

Usage notes

• In the computing sense, CJK characters in Unicode, including the so called "halfwidth" ones, are at least 3 bytes; ASCII characters are still 1 byte, thus technically "halfwidth". In the typographic sense, non-CJK characters are proportional in most fonts, while "halfwidth" CJK characters are monospace and technically "halfwidth".

Korean

Hanja in this term
半	角

Noun

半角 • (ban'gak) (hangeul 반각)

1. Hanja form^? of 반각.