Han
See also: han and Appendix:Variations of "han"
English
Pronunciation
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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
- 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
- The Chinese ethnicity, when distinguished from other peoples of the Chinese state
Synonyms
- Han Chinese (ethnicity)
Derived terms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
dynasty
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Chinese ethnicity
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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
- 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 3
Proper noun
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 reading
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Statistics
- 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.
Anagrams
Plautdietsch
Noun
Han f (plural Heena)
- hen (female chicken or fowl)
Turkish
Proper noun
Han
- a male given name
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