韓

See also: 韩

Translingual

Etymology

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

Han character

韓 (radical 178 韋+8, 17 strokes, cangjie input 十十木一手 (JJDMQ), four-corner 4445₆, composition ⿰𠦝韋)

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

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Chinese

trad.		韓
simp.		韩

Wikipedia

Wikipedia

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• 㙔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hán, Hán (han², Han²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˊ, ㄏㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hòn
• Min Dong (BUC): hàng
• Min Nan (POJ): hân
• Wu (Wiktionary): hhoe (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: hán
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˊ
    • Wade-Giles: han²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hanr
    • IPA ^(key): /xa̠n³⁵/
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  • (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/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hòn
    • Hakka Romanization System: honˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hon²
    • IPA: /hon¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hàng
    • IPA ^(key): /haŋ⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hân
    • Tâi-lô: hân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: haan
    • IPA (Taipei): /han²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /han¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: hhoe (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /ɦø²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦɑn/▼

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
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

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*[ɡ]ˤar/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaːn/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	韓
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hán
Middle Chinese	‹ han ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]ˤar/
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

韓

1. A fence.
2. Han, an ancient Chinese county, viscounty, and kingdom of the Zhou Dynasty and the Qin–Han interregnum.
   1. The realm of this former state under other rulers.
   2. (astronomy) The star Zeta Ophiuchi in traditional Chinese astronomy, named for this state
   3. A surname​, named for this state
3. Common designation of Mahan (마한, 馬韓), Byeonhan (변한, 弁韓), and Jinhan (진한, 辰韓), three ancient tribal federations located on the southern part of the Korean Peninsula
4. Korean (especially South Korean)

Derived terms

• 韓國／韩国 (Hánguó)

References

• Taipei Astronomical Museum - 網路天文館 天文新知
• Wikipedia (Chinese) - 天市右垣十一

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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), から (kara)

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Korean

Hanja

韓 • ‎(han)
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 한 (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)

1. Korea