韓

See also: 韩

Translingual

Etymology

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

Wikipedia

Wikipedia

Wikipedia

Wikipedia

Han character

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)

References

• 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

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Chinese

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trad.		韓
simp.		韩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hán, Hán (han², Han²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˊ, ㄏㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): hân

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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
    • IPA ^(key): /hɔːn²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hân
    • Tâi-lô: hân
    • IPA (Taipei): /han²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /han¹³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (韓, reconstructed)
Character (韓), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 匣 (33) Final: 寒 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 胡安切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɦɑn/	/ɣɑn/	/ɣɑn/	/ɦɑn/	/ɦan/	/ɣɑn/	/ɣɑn/

Old Chinese pronunciation (韓, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
韓								hán								‹ han ›								/*[ɡ]ˤar/								(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					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
韓					3702					倝					元					1					寒					/*ɡaːn/

Derived terms

• 韓國

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Japanese

Kanji

韓

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. Korea, Korean

Readings

• Goon: がん (gan)
• Kan’on: かん (kan)
• Kun: いげた (igeta)

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Korean

Hanja

韓 (han)
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 한 (revised: han, 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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Vietnamese

Han character

韓 (hàn)

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