HSK 3.0 · LEVEL 1
半年
Half a year; six months.
Free Chinese vocabulary flashcard · HSK 1
Why does 半年 look like this?
'半' (half) + '年' (year). '半' shows an object divided in two by a line, while '年' originally depicted a person carrying a harvest of grain. Together, they represent exactly what they look like: a half-year!