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汉

hàn

HSK 1 Character Traditional 漢

What 汉 means

1. man

Other readings

汉 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• HànHan ethnic group; Chinese (language); the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)

Example sentences

• 汉字很难读。
  Kanji are difficult to read.
• 他学习汉语。
  He studies Chinese.
• 我在学汉字。
  I am studying kanji.
• 我会说汉语。
  I can speak Chinese.
• 我学习汉语。
  I am learning Chinese.
• 我认识汉字。
  I know the Chinese characters.

Words starting with 汉

• 汉语Hàn yǔChinese language
• 汉字hàn zìChinese character(s)
• 汉子hàn ziman; fellow; (dialect) husband
• 汉族Hàn zúHan ethnic group, the majority ethnic group in China
• 汉奸hàn jiāntraitor (to China)
• 汉城Hàn chéngHanseong, former name of Seoul (capital of South Korea), replaced in 2005 with 首尔
• 汉堡hàn bǎo(loanword) hamburger
• 汉人Hàn rénHan Chinese person or people
• 汉语拼音Hàn yǔ Pīn yīnHanyu Pinyin, the romanization system used in the PRC since the 1960s
• 汉口Hàn kǒuHankou, part of Wuhan 武汉 at the junction of Han river and Changjiang in Hubei
• 汉文Hàn wénChinese written language; Chinese literature esp. as taught abroad
• 汉化Hàn huàto sinicize; sinicization; (software) Chinese localization
• 汉代Hàn dàithe Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
• 汉英Hàn YīngChinese-English
• 汉武帝Hàn Wǔ dìEmperor Wu of the Han dynasty (141-87 BC)
• 汉朝Hàn cháoHan Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
• 汉书Hàn shūHistory of the Former Han Dynasty, second of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史
• 汉堡包hàn bǎo bāo(loanword) hamburger
• 汉学Hàn xuésinology; Chinese studies (in foreign schools); Han Learning, a Qing dynasty movement…
• 汉白玉hàn bái yùwhite marble; a type of white marble used for building and sculpting
• 汉江Hàn jiāngHan River
• 汉学家hàn xué jiāsinologist; scholar of Chinese
• 汉诺威Hàn nuò wēiHanover
• 汉服hàn fútraditional Han Chinese attire…

Words containing 汉

• 大汉dà hànburly fellow
• 老汉lǎo hànold man; I (an old man referring to himself)
• 好汉hǎo hànhero; strong and courageous person
• 男子汉nán zǐ hànman (i.e. manly, masculine)
• 贝克汉姆Bèi kè hàn mǔBeckenham or Beckham (name); David Beckham (1975-), British midfield footballer
• 罗汉luó hàn(Buddhism) arhat (abbr. for 阿罗汉
• 武汉市Wǔ hàn ShìWuhan, sub-provincial city and capital of Hubei Province 湖北省
• 西汉Xī HànWestern Han Dynasty (206 BC-8 AD), also called 前汉
• 武汉大学Wǔ hàn Dà xuéWuhan University
• 秦汉Qín Hànthe Qin (221-207 BC) and Han (206 BC-220 AD) dynasties
• 流浪汉liú làng hàntramp; wanderer
• 东汉Dōng hànEastern or later Han dynasty, 25-220
• 单身汉dān shēn hànbachelor; single man
• 醉汉zuì hànintoxicated man; drunkard
• 田汉Tián HànTian Han (1898-1968), author of the words of the PRC national anthem March of the…
• 懒汉lǎn hànidle fellow; lazybones
• 门外汉mén wài hànlayman
• 白金汉宫Bái jīn hàn GōngBuckingham Palace
• 彪形大汉biāo xíng dà hàn(idiom) burly chap; husky fellow
• 硬汉yìng hànman of steel; unyielding, tough guy
• 满汉全席Mǎn Hàn quán xíthe Manchu Han imperial feast, a legendary banquet in the Qing dynasty…
• 两汉liǎng HànHan dynasty (206 BC-220 AD); refers to the Western Han and Eastern Han
• 先汉Xiān HànWestern Han dynasty (206 BC–8 AD), aka 西汉
• 前汉Qián HànFormer Han dynasty (206 BC-8 AD), also called 西汉

Characters that look like 汉

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 执zhíto execute (a plan); to grasp
• 仪yíapparatus; rites; appearance
• 凤fèngphoenix
• 阮ruǎnruan, a four-stringed Chinese lute
• 纨wán(literary) fine white silk; delicate silk fabric
• 佤WǎWa ethnic group

Sounds the same

Read hàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 汗perspiration; sweat; to be speechless (out of helplessness, embarrassment etc)…
• 憾regret (sense of loss or dissatisfaction)
• 旱drought
• 捍to ward off (a blow); to withstand; to defend
• 撼to shake; to vibrate
• 翰writing brush; writing; pen
• 悍heroic; intrepid; valiant
• 焊to weld; to braze; to solder
• 菡lotus blossom
• 瀚ocean; vastness
• 颔chin; to nod (one's assent)
• 螒Aulacophora femoralis