韓

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EtymologyEdit

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

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State of Han

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Zeta Ophiuchi

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Han (surname)

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South Korea

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Han characterEdit

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

1. fence
2. Han, an ancient Chinese county, viscounty, and kingdom of the Zhou dynasty and the Qin–Han interregnum
3. the realm of this former state under other rulers
4. (astronomy) the star Zeta Ophiuchi in traditional Chinese astronomy, named for this state
5. A surname, named for this state
6. Common designation of Mahan (마한, 馬韓), Byeonhan (변한, 弁韓), and Jinhan (진한, 辰韓). ancient three tribal federations located on southern part of the Korean peninsula
7. Korea (synonym of 조선)

ReferencesEdit

• 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
• Taipei Astronomical Museum - 網路天文館 天文新知
• Wikipedia (Chinese) - 天市右垣十一

HanziEdit

韓 (simplified 韩, Yale hon4)

KanjiEdit

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

ReadingsEdit

• On: かん (kan)
• Kun: いげた (igeta)

HanjaEdit

韓
Eumhun:

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

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

1. Korea, the Republic of Korea

HanziEdit

韓 (simplified 韩, Pinyin hán (han2), Hán (Han2), Wade-Giles han², Han²)

Derived termsEdit

• 韓國

HanziEdit

韓 (POJ hân (han⁵))

Han characterEdit

韓 (hàn)