Han

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

Contents

English

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Mandarin 漢／汉 (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 noun

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

Synonyms

• Han Chinese (ethnicity)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Han character
• Han ideograph
• Han letter

• Han logograph
• Han radical
• Han syllable

Related terms

• hanzi
• hanja
• kanji
• Hán tự

Translations

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), 漢朝 (かんちょう, kanchō)

• Korean: 한 (ko) (han) (漢 (ko)), 한나라 (hannara), 한조 (ko) (hanjo)
• 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 (ar) m (hān), قَوْمِيَّة اَلْهَان‎ f (qawmiyyat al-hān)
• Bulgarian: Хан m or f (Han), Ха́нци pl (Hánci)
• Chinese:

  Dungan: ханзў (hanzw), ханжын (hanřɨn)

  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
• Greek: Χάνας (Chánas), Χαν (el) (Chan)
• 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 or 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 also

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

Etymology 2

From Mandarin 韓／韩 (hán), an ancient Chinese placename

Proper noun

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 3

Proper noun

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 reading

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

Anagrams

• HNA, Nah., ahn, nah

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Noun

Han f (plural Heena)

1. hen (female chicken or fowl)

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Turkish

Proper noun

Han

1. A male given name