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Translingual

Han character

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

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

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (33)
Final () (61)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
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
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
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
Reading # 1/1
No. 3702
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡaːn/

Definitions

  1. A fence.
  2. Han, an ancient Chinese county, viscounty, and kingdom of the Zhou Dynasty and the QinHan 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

References


Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. Korea, Korean

Readings


Korean

Hanja

(han)
Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul):  (McCune-Reischauer: han, Yale: han)
  • Name (hangeul): 한국 (revised: hanguk, McCune-Reischauer: hanguk, Yale: hankwuk)
  1. Korea, the Republic of Korea

Vietnamese

Han character

(hàn)

  1. Korea