Translingual

Han character

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

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

Alternative forms

• 㙔

Pronunciation

Definitions

韓

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

• 韓國／韩国 (Hánguó)

References

• Taipei Astronomical Museum - 網路天文館 天文新知
• Wikipedia (Chinese) - 天市右垣十一

Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. Korea, Korean

Readings

• Goon: がん (gan)
• Kan’on: かん (kan)
• Kun: いげた (igeta), から (kara)

Korean

Hanja

韓 • ‎(han)
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 한 (McCune-Reischauer: han, Yale: han)

• Name (hangeul): 한국 (revised: hanguk, McCune-Reischauer: hanguk, Yale: hankwuk)

1. Korea, the Republic of Korea

Vietnamese

Han character

韓 (hàn)

1. Korea