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Contents 1 "Han" in China 2 "Han" in Korea 3 "Han" in Japan 4 "Han" in Vietnam 5 "Han" in other worldwide regions 6 People named Han 7 Miscellaneous 8 External links

"Han" in China

1. Chinese (漢), an abbreviation or adjectival modifier for things Chinese.
2. Han Chinese (漢族 Hanzu, 漢人 Hanren), the dominant majority ethnic group of mainland China and overseas Chinese.
3. Chinese language (漢語 Hanyu) or Chinese characters (漢字 Hanzi) or Chinese written language (漢文 Hanwen).
4. Han Dynasty (漢朝 Hanchao) (202 BCE - 220 CE) of China, also known as Han China.
5. Kingdom of Han (韓國 Hanguo), one of seven powerful kingdoms during the Chinese Warring States Period.
6. Han, one of the Chinese Sixteen Kingdoms, founded by the Liu family.
7. Han, another of the Sixteen Kingdoms, founded Li family.
8. Southern Han (南漢 Nanhan), a kingdom during the Chinese Period of Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms,
9. Northern Han (北漢 Beihan), a kingdom during the Chinese Period of Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.
10. Han River (漢水 Hanshui, 漢江 Hanjiang), a tributary of the Yangtze with its mouth at Wuhan, Hubei, China.
11. Han River (韓江 Hanjiang), a river in eastern Guangdong province, China that flows into the South China Sea.
12. Type 091 Han class submarine, the first nuclear powered submarine class (SSN) deployed by the People's Liberation Army Navy.
13. Han (汗) or Kehan (可汗), the Chinese transliteration of Khan or Khaghan.
14. Han, Haan, Hahn or Hann, the Romanized spelling of many Chinese family names: 韓,韩,邗,罕,寒,憨,漢, etc.

"Han" in Korea

1. a Korean word meaning "great" or "leader", "one", "many", "khan". Han was transliterated into Chinese characters 韓, 幹, or 刊
2. Korea, an abbreviation for Hanguk (한국/韓國), the South Korean name for Korea.
3. Korean(한민족/韓民族), the Korean Ethnic group.
4. Hangul (한글), the Korean characters.
5. Hanja (한자/漢字), the Korean name for Chinese characters.
6. Han River (한강/漢江), a river passing through Seoul, South Korea
7. Hansung/Hanyang(한성/漢城, 한양/漢陽), old name of Seoul.
8. Han, a Korean concept
9. Samhan (삼한/三韓), Three Kingdoms on the Korea peninsula before the Three Kingdoms Period.
   • Ma Han (마한/馬韓), one of the SamHan. South Korea western ancient times kingdom.
   • Jin Han (진한/辰韓), one of the SamHan. South Korea eastern ancient times kingdom.
   • Byeon han (변한/弁韓), one of the SamHan. South Korea southern ancient times kingdom.
10. Han (한/韓 or 漢), a common Korean family name also spelled "Hahn."
11. Hanryu (한류/韓流), the Korean Wave.

"Han" in Japan

1. Han (Japan) (藩), a term for a feudal clan or fief in Japan (See also: Abolition of the han system).
2. Han (半), a Japanese word for "odd numbers" or "half", as in hanyo.

"Han" in Vietnam

1. Han River (Vietnam), a river passing through Danang, Vietnam
2. HAN, the International Air Transport Association code for Noi Bai International Airport serving Hanoi, Vietnam

"Han" in other worldwide regions

1. Han (North American people), a Canadian First Nation
2. Hän language an endangered Native American language spoken by the Hän people
3. Han-sur-Lesse, Rochefort, Belgium

People named Han

Fictional

1. Han Solo, a character in the Star Wars films
2. Han Pritchard, a character in Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov

Historical

1. Gina Han, or Sunny Han, of the Han twins murder conspiracy
2. Han Xin, Chinese general
3. Han Yu, poet
4. Han Xiang, one of the Eight Immortals
5. Han Ji-min, actress
6. Hon Sui Sen politician (singaporean spelling of Han)

Miscellaneous

• Han unification (Chinese character glyph unification) in Unicode
• Alternative spelling of title Khan, notably in Turkic languages
• Han (inn), a type of Central Asian inn, similar to caravanserai

External links

• Chinese surname history: Han