Han

See also: han and Appendix:Variations of "han"

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EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (UK) IPA^(key): /hɑn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /hɑn/

Etymology 1Edit

From Mandarin Chinese 漢 (Hàn), from the dynasty founder Liu Bang's short-lived realm in Sichuan and Shaanxi among China's Eighteen Kingdoms, named for the Qin Empire's Hanzhong Commandery, headquartered at a city which also became known as Hanzhong

Proper nounEdit

Han

1. An imperial Chinese dynasty, ruling (with interruptions) from 206 BC to AD 220, marked by the expansion of the Yellow River's Huaxia culture to the recent conquests of the Qin and a flowering of economic, literary, and scientific development
2. The Chinese ethnicity, when distinguished from other peoples of the Chinese state

SynonymsEdit

• Han Chinese (ethnicity)

Derived termsEdit

Derived terms

• Han character
• Han ideograph
• Han letter

• Han logograph
• Han radical
• Han syllable

Related termsEdit

• hanzi
• hanja
• kanji
• Hán tự

TranslationsEdit

dynasty

• Arabic: أُسْرَة هَان‎‎ f (ʾusrat hān)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 漢 (zh), 汉 (zh) (hàn), 漢朝 (zh), 汉朝 (zh) (hàncháo)

• Finnish: Han, Han-dynastia
• Hindi: हान राजवंश (hān rājvanś), हान (hi) (hān)
• Japanese: 漢 (ja) (かん, kan)

• Korean: 한 (ko) (han) (漢 (ko)), 한나라 (hannara)
• Portuguese: han (pt) m pl
• Russian: Хань (ru) f (Xanʹ), дина́стия Хань f (dinástija Xanʹ)
• Uyghur: خەن‎‎ (xen)
• Vietnamese: nhà Hán, Hán triều (漢朝)

Chinese ethnicity

• Arabic: هَان‎‎ m (hān), قَوْمِيَّة اَلْهَان‎‎ f (qawmiyyat al-hān)
• Bulgarian: Хан m, f (Han), Ха́нци pl (Hánci)
• Chinese:

  Dungan: ханзў (hanzw), ханжын (hanƶьn)

  Mandarin: 漢族 (zh), 汉族 (zh) (hànzú), 漢人 (zh), 汉人 (zh) (hànrén), 華人 (zh), 华人 (zh) (huárén)

• Finnish: han-kiinalaisuus
• French: Han (fr) m
• German: Han, Han-Chinesen pl
• Hindi: हान चीनी (hān cīnī), हान (hi) (hān)

• Japanese: 漢民族 (かんみんぞく, kanminzoku), 漢族 (かんぞく, kanzoku)
• Korean: 한족 (ko) (hanjok) (漢族 (ko))
• Portuguese: han (pt) m pl
• Russian: хань (ru) m, f (xanʹ), ха́ньцы pl (xánʹcy), кита́йцы (ru) m pl (kitájcy)
• Sichuan Yi: ꉌꈲ (hxie mgat)
• Thai: ชนชาติฮั่น
• Uyghur: خىتاي‎‎ (xitay), خەنزۇ‎‎ (ug) (xenzu)
• Vietnamese: người Hán (người + 漢), Hán tộc (vi) (漢族)

See alsoEdit

• Chinese character
• Chinese ideograph
• Chinese letter
• Chinese logogram
• Chinese radical
• Chinese syllable

Etymology 2Edit

From Mandarin Chinese 韓 (Hán), an ancient Chinese placename

Proper nounEdit

Han

1. An ancient Chinese county, viscounty, and kingdom of the Zhou dynasty and the Qin–Han interregnum
2. The realm of this former state under other rulers
3. (astronomy) The star Zeta Ophiuchi in traditional Chinese astronomy, named for this state
4. A surname​.

Etymology 3Edit

Proper nounEdit

Han

1. A First Nations people of Canada and an Alaska Native Athabaskan people of the Athabaskan-speaking ethnolinguistic group.
2. The Northern Athabaskan language spoken by the Han people, or Hän Hwëch'in, in Alaska and the Yukon.

Further readingEdit

• ISO 639-3 code haa (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Han, haa

AnagramsEdit

• HNA, Nah., ahn, nah

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PlautdietschEdit

NounEdit

Han f (plural Heena)

1. hen (female chicken or fowl)

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TurkishEdit

Proper nounEdit

Han

1. A male given name