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韩

Hán

Character Traditional 韓

What 韩 means

1. Han, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 战国七雄
2. Korea from the fall of the Joseon dynasty in 1897
3. Korea, esp. South Korea 大韩民国
4. surname Han

Example sentences

• 我学韩语。
  I study Korean.
• 我学习韩语。
  I study Korean.
• 我是韩国人。
  I'm Korean.
• 我会说韩语。
  I speak Korean.
• 我学习韩文。
  I study Hangul.
• 你看韩剧吗？
  Do you watch Korean dramas?

Words starting with 韩

• 韩国Hán guóSouth Korea (Republic of Korea); (historical) Han, one of the Seven Warring States 战国七雄
• 韩语Hán yǔKorean language (esp. in context of South Korea)
• 韩文Hán wénhangul, Korean phonetic alphabet; Korean written language
• 韩元hán yuánwon (currency of South Korea)
• 韩信Hán XìnHan Xin (-196 BC), famous general of first Han emperor Liu Bang 刘邦
• 韩流hán liúKorean Wave, aka Hallyu…
• 韩愈Hán YùHan Yu (768-824), Tang dynasty essayist and poet, advocate of the classical writing 古文运动
• 韩式Hán shìKorean-style
• 韩寒Hán HánHan Han (1982-), PRC blogger, singer and professional rally driver
• 韩媒Hán méiSouth Korean media
• 韩战Hán zhànKorean War (1950-1953)
• 韩方Hán fāngthe Korean side
• 韩日Hán RìKorea and Japan
• 韩服hán fúhanbok (traditional Korean clothing)
• 韩朝Hán CháoNorth and South Korea; bilateral Korean relations
• 韩正Hán ZhèngHan Zheng (1954-), senior vice premier of the PRC (2018-)
• 韩澳Hán ÀoSouth Korea and Australia
• 韩美Hán MěiSouth Korean-US
• 韩非Hán FēiHan Fei, also known as Han Feizi 韩非子
• 韩亚龙Hán yà lóngH Mart, Korean supermarket chain in US and Canada
• 韩半岛Hán Bàn dǎoKorean peninsula (esp. South Korean usage)
• 韩国人Hán guó rénKorean (person)
• 韩国街Hán guó jiēKoreatown
• 韩国语Hán guó yǔKorean language

Words containing 韩

• 中韩Zhōng HánChina-South Korea
• 北韩Běi hán(Tw, HK) North Korea
• 南韩Nán hán(Tw, HK) South Korea
• 日韩Rì HánJapan and Korea
• 朝韩Cháo HánNorth and South Korea
• 中日韩Zhōng Rì HánChina, Japan and Korea
• 南北韩nán běi HánNorth and South Korea
• 中日韩越Zhōng Rì Hán YuèChina, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam
• 大韩帝国Dà hán Dì guóKorean Empire, from fall of Joseon dynasty in 1897 to annexation by Japan in 1910
• 大韩民国Dà hán Mín guóRepublic of Korea (South Korea)
• 大韩航空Dà hán Háng kōngKorean Air, South Korea's main airline
• 恐韩症kǒng Hán zhèngKoreaphobia
• 中日韩统一表意文字Zhōng Rì Hán tǒng yī biǎo yì wén zìChina Japan Korea (CJK) unified ideographs; Unihan

Characters built on 龺

These share the phonetic component 龺 (), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 翰hànwriting brush; writing; pen
• 倝gàndawn (archaic)

Characters that look like 韩

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

• 辞cíto resign; to dismiss; to decline
• 稀xīsparse; scattered; rare; uncommon; diluted; thin; watery
• 猝cùabruptly; suddenly; unexpectedly
• 梓zǐChinese catalpa (Catalpa ovata), a tree that serves as a symbol of one's hometown and…
• 鹑chún(bound form) quail
• 缛rùadorned; beautiful

Sounds the same

Read Hán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 寒cold; poor; to tremble
• 含to keep in the mouth; to contain
• 涵to contain; to include; culvert
• 函envelope; case; letter
• 邯used in 邯郸
• 焓enthalpy
• 晗before daybreak; dawn about to break; (used in given names)
• 邗name of an ancient river
• 琀gems or pearls formerly put into the mouth of a corpse
• 甝white tiger
• 鋡to hold; to contain
• 唅(literary) to put in the mouth