韓

See also 韩

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 𠦝 (abbreviation of 倝) + semantic 韋 ("surround")

Han character

韓 (radical 178 韋+8, 17 strokes, cangjie input 十十木一手 (JJDMQ), four-corner 4445₆, composition ⿰𠦝韋)

1. fence
2. used as a surname (in China and Korea)
3. Korea
4. name of star Zeta Reticuli(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

References

• KangXi: page 1394, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43159
• Dae Jaweon: page 1909, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4506, character 21
• Unihan data for U+97D3

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Cantonese

Hanzi

韓 (simplified 韩, Yale hon4)

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Japanese

Kanji

韓 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: かん (kan)
• Kun: いげた (igeta)

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Korean

Hanja

韓
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 한 (revised: han, McCune-Reischauer: han, Yale: han)

• Name (hangeul): 한국 (revised: hanguk, McCune-Reischauer: hanguk, Yale: hankwuk)

1. Korea, the Republic of Korea

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Mandarin

Hanzi

韓 (simplified 韩, pinyin hán (han2), Wade-Giles han²)

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Min Nan

Hanzi

韓 (POJ hân)

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Vietnamese

Han character

韓 (hàn)