韓

韓 U+97D3, 韓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-97D3 ← 韒 [U+97D2] CJK Unified Ideographs 韔 → [U+97D4]

See also: 韩

Contents

TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

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

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

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ChineseEdit

trad.		韓
simp.		韩
alt. forms		㙔

Glyph originEdit

Characters in the same phonetic series (倝) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
乾	*kaːn, *ɡran
漧	*kaːn
倝	*kaːns
榦	*kaːns
韓	*ɡaːn
鶾	*ɡaːn
翰	*ɡaːn, *ɡaːns
瀚	*ɡaːns
螒	*ɡaːns
雗	*ɡaːns
斡	*qʷaːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡaːn): phonetic 𠦝 (OC *kaːns) + semantic 韋 (“surround”).

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hán, Hán (han², Han²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˊ, ㄏㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hòn
• Min Dong (BUC): hàng
• Min Nan (POJ): hân
• Wu (Wiktionary): hhoe (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: hán
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˊ
    • Wade-Giles: han²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hanr
    • IPA ^(key): /xa̠n³⁵/
    • 
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: Hán
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˊ
    • Wade-Giles: han²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hanr
    • IPA ^(key): /xa̠n³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hon⁴
    • Yale: hòhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /hɔːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hòn
    • Hakka Romanization System: honˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hon²
    • IPA: /hon¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hàng
    • IPA ^(key): /haŋ⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hân
    • Tâi-lô: hân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: haan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /han²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /han²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /han¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /han²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /han²³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: hhoe (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /ɦø²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦɑn/▼

Rime
Character	韓
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	胡安切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦan/
Li Rong	/ɣɑn/
Wang Li	/ɣɑn/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hán

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*[ɡ]ˤar/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaːn/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	韓
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hán
Middle Chinese	‹ han ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]ˤar/
English	(state in the Korean peninsula; Three Kingdoms period)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	韓
Reading #	1/1
No.	3702
Phonetic component	倝
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	寒
Old Chinese	/*ɡaːn/

DefinitionsEdit

韓

1. fence
2. (～國) (historical) Han, an ancient Chinese county, viscounty, and kingdom of the Zhou Dynasty and the Qin–Han interregnum.
   1. The realm of this former state under other rulers.
   2. (astronomy) The star Zeta Ophiuchi in traditional Chinese astronomy, named for this state
   3. A surname​, named for this state
3. (historical) common designation of Mahan, Byeonhan, and Jinhan, three ancient tribal federations located on the southern part of the Korean Peninsula
4. Short for 韓國／韩国 (Hánguó, “Korean (especially South Korean)”).

CompoundsEdit

• 三韓／三韩 (Sānhán)
• 北韓／北韩 (Běihán)
• 南韓／南韩 (Nánhán)
• 大韓民國／大韩民国 (Dàhán Mínguó)
• 孟詩韓筆／孟诗韩笔
• 極切瞻韓／极切瞻韩
• 申韓／申韩
• 蘇海韓潮／苏海韩潮
• 識韓／识韩
• 韓信囊沙／韩信囊沙
• 韓信將兵／韩信将兵

• 韓信用兵／韩信用兵
• 韓信登壇／韩信登坛
• 韓信點兵／韩信点兵
• 韓國／韩国 (Hánguó)
• 韓壽偷香／韩寿偷香
• 韓壽分香／韩寿分香
• 韓奕／韩奕
• 韓市呼天／韩市呼天
• 韓幹畫馬／韩干画马
• 韓康賣藥／韩康卖药
• 韓戰／韩战

• 韓朋賦／韩朋赋
• 韓朋鳥／韩朋鸟
• 韓柳／韩柳
• 韓海蘇潮／韩海苏潮
• 韓盧／韩卢
• 韓盧逐㕙／韩卢逐㕙
• 韓盧逐塊／韩卢逐块
• 韓盧逐逡／韩卢逐逡
• 韓詩／韩诗
• 韓詩外傳／韩诗外传
• 韓非子／韩非子

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JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

韓

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. Korea, Korean

ReadingsEdit

• Goon: がん (gan)
• Kan’on: かん (kan, Jōyō)
• Kun: から (kara, 韓); いげた (igeta)

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KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

韓 • (han)

• Eumhun:
  • Sound (hangeul): 한 (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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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

韓 (hàn)

1. Korea