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title: "BIP39 Word #836: half — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/half/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #836 01101000011 

# half — BIP39 word #836

"**half**" is word #836 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [hair](/bip39-word/hair/) and [hammer](/bip39-word/hammer/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01101000011`, decimal index 835\. 

/hɑːf/  · _noun:_ one of two equal parts of something 

[Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): половина 

## Binary Representation

Five 1-bits and six 0-bits; 462 of the 2048 indexes have exactly five 1-bits.

One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first):

[trick](/bip39-word/trick/)[chronic](/bip39-word/chronic/)[embody](/bip39-word/embody/)[journey](/bip39-word/journey/)[gather](/bip39-word/gather/)[hockey](/bip39-word/hockey/)[heavy](/bip39-word/heavy/)[harvest](/bip39-word/harvest/)[happy](/bip39-word/happy/)[habit](/bip39-word/habit/)[hair](/bip39-word/hair/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x343

4-Letter Prefix

half

## About "half" in BIP39

- "half" has 4 letters, but the first three, **"hal"**, already identify it, because **"ha"** also begins 14 other words, among them [habit](/bip39-word/habit/), [hair](/bip39-word/hair/), [hammer](/bip39-word/hammer/) and [hamster](/bip39-word/hamster/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.

## Word #836 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) metr 

[French](/french/) flamme 

[Italian](/italian/) indole 

[Japanese](/japanese/) しゃおん 

[Korean](/korean/) 설거지 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) figurado 

[Spanish](/spanish/) guía 

[Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 殺 

[Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 杀 

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Read aloud, "half" /hɑːf/ is one sound away from these 4 words: 

[hard /hɑːd/](/bip39-word/hard/)[harsh /hɑːʃ/](/bip39-word/harsh/)[heart /hɑːt/](/bip39-word/heart/)[laugh /lɑːf/](/bip39-word/laugh/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "H"

[ #834 habit ](/bip39-word/habit/)[ #835 hair ](/bip39-word/hair/)[ #837 hammer ](/bip39-word/hammer/)[ #838 hamster ](/bip39-word/hamster/)[ #839 hand ](/bip39-word/hand/)[ #840 happy ](/bip39-word/happy/)[ #896 husband ](/bip39-word/husband/)[ #897 hybrid ](/bip39-word/hybrid/) 

[View all words starting with "H" ](/bip39-words/h/) 

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [Test Your Wallet Backup: A Self-Audit of Your Seed Phrase](/hack-own-crypto-wallet/)
- [EVM Address Format Explained: Structure & Usage](/format-evm-addresses/)
- [Is a Seed Phrase Case Sensitive? BIP39 Words vs Passphrase](/is-seed-phrase-case-sensitivity-really-important/)

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