Han
See also: han and Appendix:Variations of "han"
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
An early romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 漢／汉 (Hàn), later reinforced by Wade-Giles and pinyin. Originally a river within present-day Shaanxi and Hubei. As a Chinese dynasty, from the 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 in a city which also became known as Hanzhong, named for its placement along the middle reaches of the river.
Proper nounEdit
Han
- 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
- 1950, Lubor Hájek, Chinese Art[1], Czechoslovakia: Spring Books, →OCLC, page 41:
- According to the hair-dress it is probably that of a woman. There are some 102 slight traces of polychromy on the white slip. Other heads possessing similar qualities were dug up from early Han tombs in Pao-chi district, Shensi Province.
- 1977, Li Yu-ning, Shang Yang's Reforms and State Control in China[2], M. E. Sharpe, page xxxiii:
- The eclectism of political thought during the Han is reflected in Liu Hsiang's evaluation of Shang Yang.
- The Chinese ethnicity, when distinguished from other peoples of the Chinese state
- 1995, Rong Ma, Calvin Goldscheider, editor, Economic Patterns, Migration, and Ethnic Relationships in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China (Population, Ethnicity, and Nation-Building)[3], Westview Press, →ISBN, page 50:
- Trade was the major economic link between Tibet and other regions in China. Special economic systems (estate, serfdom) made it impossible for Han immigrants to engage in agriculture and animal husbandry in Tibet. The geographic features of the plateau (high elevation, rarefied air, mountains, etc.) limited the volume of trade and migration between Tibet and other regions.
-
- According to the 2000 census, the Han make up 92 percent of China's population; the minority groups combine for about 8 percent (about 106 million people).
- A river in central China.
- 2014 September 9, Reklev, Stian; Kathy Chen, “Quenching Beijing's thirst may stunt regional growth”, in Michael Perry, editor, Reuters[5], archived from the original on 27 May 2022, Industry, Materials and Utilities:
- “By transferring such a significant volume of water away from the Han River Basin, the project is depriving the area of the most basic input it will need to develop in the years and decades to come,” said Britt Crow-Miller, a research assistant professor at Portland State University. […]
The Danjiangkou reservoir gets its water from the Han River, a tributary of the Yangtze River which feeds several major cities in central China such as Wuhan, an economic power house in Hubei province sporting a $144 billion GDP.
SynonymsEdit
- Han Chinese (ethnicity)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
dynasty
|
Chinese ethnicity
|
See alsoEdit
- Chinese character
- Chinese ideograph
- Chinese letter
- Chinese logogram
- Chinese radical
- Chinese syllable
Etymology 2Edit
An early romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 韓／韩 (Hán), an ancient Chinese placename.
Proper nounEdit
Han
- An ancient Chinese county, viscounty, and kingdom of the Zhou dynasty and the Qin–Han interregnum
- The realm of this former state under other rulers
- (astronomy) The star Zeta Ophiuchi in traditional Chinese astronomy, named for this state
- A surname.
Etymology 3Edit
Atonal form of the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 邗 (Hán).
Proper nounEdit
Han
- (history) A former canal in China, connecting Hancheng (now Yangzhou) on the Yangtze with Mokou (now Huai'an) on the Huai.
SynonymsEdit
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
Etymology 4Edit
From Korean 한 (韓, han). Cognate with English Han (from Mandarin).
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Han (plural Hans)
- A surname from Korean.
Etymology 5Edit
Proper nounEdit
Han
- A First Nations people of Canada and an Alaska Native Athabaskan people of the Athabaskan-speaking ethnolinguistic group.
- 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
StatisticsEdit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Han is the 1,182nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 29,847 individuals. Han is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (92.67%) individuals.
AnagramsEdit
PlautdietschEdit
NounEdit
Han f (plural Heena)
- hen (female chicken or fowl)
TurkishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Han
- A town and district of Eskişehir, Turkey
- a male given name
DeclensionEdit
declension of Han
possessive of Han
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| benim (my) | Han'ım | Hanlarım / Han'larım |
| senin (your) | Han'ın | Hanların / Han'ların |
| onun (his/her/its) | Han'ı | Hanları / Han'ları |
| bizim (our) | Han'ımız | Hanlarımız / Han'larımız |
| sizin (your) | Han'ınız | Hanlarınız / Han'larınız |
| onların (their) | Han'ı / Hanları / Han'ları | Hanları / Han'ları |