韓

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

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

韓 (Kangxi radical 178, 韋+8, 17 strokes in Chinese, 18 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 十十木一手 (JJDMQ), four-corner 44456, composition ⿰龺韋)

Derived characters[edit]

Related characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • KangXi: page 1394, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43159
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1909, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4506, character 21
  • Unihan data for U+97D3

Chinese[edit]

trad. 韓
simp. 韩
2nd round simp. ⿰车卜
alternative forms 𩏑
㙔／𰉘
幹／干 “fence”
榦／干 “fence”
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Glyph origin[edit]

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 倝 (OC *kaːns) + semantic 韋 (“surround”).

Pronunciation[edit]

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
Baxter han
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		hon4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 韓
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		hán
Middle
Chinese 		‹ han ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[ɡ]ˁar/
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/

Definitions[edit]

韓

  1. (obsolete) fence surrounding a well; puteal
  2. (～國) Han, a minor state that existed during the Western Zhou Dynasty and early Spring and Autumn period
  3. (～國) Han, an ancient Chinese state during the Warring States period of ancient China
  4. (astronomy) The star Zeta Ophiuchi in traditional Chinese astronomy, named for the state
    Synonym: 天市右垣十一
  5. a surname
    韓愈／韩愈  ―  Hán Yù  ―  Han Yu (Tang dynasty writer and government official)
  6. (historical) common designation of Mahan, Byeonhan, and Jinhan, three ancient tribal federations located on the southern part of the Korean Peninsula
  7. Short for 韓國／韩国 (Hánguó, “Korea (especially South Korea)”).

Descendants[edit]

  • → English: Han, Hon
  • → Zhuang: hanz

Compounds[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Shinjitai 韓
Kyūjitai
[1]
韓󠄃
韓+&#xE0103;?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji[edit]

韓

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. Korea, Korean

Readings[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Kanji in this term
韓
かん
Grade: S
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 韓 (MC ɦɑn).

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

韓(かん) • (Kan) 

  1. Korea (now especially South Korea)
  2. (historical) Han (ancient Chinese county, viscounty, and kingdom of the Zhou dynasty)
  3. (historical) Short for 三韓 (Sankan, “Samhan”).

Etymology 2[edit]

Kanji in this term
韓
から
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

韓(から) • (Kara) 

  1. Alternative spelling of 唐 (Kara), specifically referring to Korea.

References[edit]

  1. ^ “韓”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎[1] (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015—2023
  2. ^ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Chinese 韓 (MC ɦɑn).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 ᅘᅡᆫ (Yale: hhàn)
Middle Korean
Text Eumhun
Gloss (hun) Reading
Gwangju Cheonjamun, 1575 나라 (Yale: nala) 한 (Yale: han)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (surname):
  • (Korea; historical placenames):
    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ha̠(ː)n]
    • Phonetic hangul: [한(ː)]
      • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja[edit]

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

韓 (eumhun 한국(韓國) 한 (Han'guk han))
韓 (eumhun 나라 이름 한 (nara ireum han))

  1. Hanja form? of 한 (“Korea, the Republic of Korea”).
  2. Hanja form? of 한 (“a surname.”).
  3. (historical) Hanja form? of 한 (“Han (ancient Chinese county, viscounty, and kingdom of the Zhou dynasty)”).
  4. (historical) Hanja form? of 한 (“common designation of Mahan, Byeonhan, and Jinhan”).

Compounds[edit]

Compounds

Proper noun[edit]

Hanja in this term
韓

韓 • (Han) (hangeul 한)

  1. (in news headlines) Short for 韓(한)國(국) (Han-guk, “(South Korea) South Korea”).
    韓(한)·美(미) 자유 무역 협정
    Han·Mi jayu muyeok hyeopjeong
    Free trade agreement between the United States of America and the Republic of Korea

Usage notes[edit]

A common convention in news headlines, this is almost always written solely in the Hanja form, even in contemporary Korean text otherwise devoid of any Hanja.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

韓: Hán Nôm readings: hàn

  1. Korea
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