ちゅう
中
と
途
はん
半
ぱ
端

adjectival noun or quasi-adjective, takes genitive case の, noun

Messages.yoji.
  1. halfway, half measures, unfinished, incomplete, by halves, half-baked, half-cocked, half-hearted, half-arsed, half-assed.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
ちゅう
中
と
途
はん
半
ぱ
端
 中途半端 ちゅうとはんぱ ✔

Contained Kanji Breakdown

in, inside, middle
なか　チュウ　うち (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン　シ　ジョ
route, way, road
ト　みち (Early Jr. High, N3)
too much, myself, surplus
ヨ　あま.る　あんま.り (5th, N3)
to assemble. to gather together
シュウ　あつまる
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
tree, (木 variant)
walk, road, (辵 variant, one dot jōyō form)
half, middle, odd number
ハン　なか.ば　は (2nd, N5)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
ten
ジュウ　ジッ　ジュッ (1st, N5)
edge, origin, end
タン　は　はし (Early Jr. High, N1)
stand up, rise, set up
た.つ　リツ　たつ (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
specialized, concentrated
タン　セン　はし
mountain
やま　サン　セン (1st, N5)
and yet, and then, but
ジ　ニ　しこ.うして (Kentei Pre-1)
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ　ケイ (Kentei 1)