English
han
see also: Han
Etymology 1

From Middle English han, contraction of haven.

Pronunciation
  • IPA: /hæn/, /heɪn/
  • (unstressed) IPA: /hən/
Verb
  1. (obsolete) plural simple present of have
Etymology 2

From Korean 한(恨), from ltc - 恨 (MC honH).

Noun

han (uncountable)

  1. Sorrowful resentment, as a part of the Korean cultural identity.
Han
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /hæn/
  • (America) IPA: /hɑn/, enPR: hän
Etymology 1

An early romanization of the Mandarin 漢, later reinforced by Wade-Giles and pinyin. Originally Han River (Shaanxi and Hubei) within present-day Shaanxi and Hubei. As a Chinese dynasty, from the 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 in a city which also became known as Hanzhong, named for its placement along the middle reaches of the river.

The usage for the Chinese ethnicity first appeared during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, claiming the Han dynasty as one of the golden ages of Chinese history.

Proper noun
  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
  3. A river in central.
Synonyms Related terms Translations
  • French: Dynastie Han
  • German: Han-Dynastie
  • Portuguese: han
  • Russian: Хань
Translations Etymology 2

An early romanization of the Mandarin - pronunciation of Chinese 韓, an ancient Chinese placename.

Proper noun
  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. Surname.
Etymology 3

Atonal form of the cmn-pinyin - romanization of the Mandarin - pronunciation of Chinese 邗.

Proper noun
  1. (history) A former city in Huai'an, Jiangsu
  2. (history) A former state in Jiangsu, China under the Zhou dynasty
  3. (history) A canal in Jiangsu, China, connecting Hancheng (now Yangzhou) on the Yangtze with Mokou (now Huai'an) on the Huai.
Synonyms
  • (canal) Hangou, Han-kou
Related terms Etymology 4

From Korean 한(韓).

Pronunciation
  • (America) IPA: /hɑn/
Proper noun
  1. Surname.
Proper noun
  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.


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