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han

verb
/hæn//hɑn/US

Etymology

An early romanization of the Mandarin 漢 /汉 (Hàn), later reinforced by Wade-Giles and pinyin. Originally a river within present-day Shaanxi and Hubei. As a Chinese dynasty, from the founder Liu Bang's short-lived realm in Sichuan and Shaanxi among China's Eighteen Kingdoms, named for the Qin Empire's Hanzhong Commandery, headquartered in a city which also became known as Hanzhong, named for its placement along the middle reaches of the river. The usage for the Chinese ethnicity first appeared during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, claiming the Han dynasty as one of the golden ages of Chinese history.

  1. derived from 邗

Definitions

  1. plural simple present of have

    • They han the fleece, and eke the flesh;
    • Since that ye han had my virginitie,
    • And his alluring Baits suspected han.

  2. Sorrowful resentment, as a part of the Korean cultural identity.

  3. An imperial Chinese dynasty, ruling (with interruptions) from 206 BC to AD 220, marked by…

    An imperial Chinese dynasty, ruling (with interruptions) from 206 BC to AD 220, marked by the expansion of the Yellow River's Huaxia culture to the recent conquests of the Qin and a flowering of economic, literary, and scientific development

    • According to the hair-dress it is probably that of a woman. There are some 102 slight traces of polychromy on the white slip. Other heads possessing similar qualities were dug up from early Han tombs in Pao-chi district, Shensi Province.
    • The eclectism of political thought during the Han is reflected in Liu Hsiang's evaluation of Shang Yang.
    • Ai quickly became renowned for provocative works, which included smashing a million-dollar Han Dynasty Urn in 1995.
  4. ›+ 12 more definitions

    1. The Chinese ethnicity, when distinguished from other peoples of the Chinese state

      • According to the 2000 census, the Han make up 92 percent of China's population; the minority groups combine for about 8 percent (about 106 million people).

    2. A river in central China.

      • Hankow, China, is located 600 miles from the coast, on the north bank of the Yang-tse-Kiang River, at its junction with the Han River.

    3. An ancient Chinese county, viscounty, and kingdom of the Zhou dynasty and the Qin–Han…

      An ancient Chinese county, viscounty, and kingdom of the Zhou dynasty and the Qin–Han interregnum

    4. The realm of this former state under other rulers

    5. The star Zeta Ophiuchi in traditional Chinese astronomy, named for this state

    6. A surname.

    7. A former city in Huai'an, Jiangsu, China.

    8. A former state in Jiangsu, China under the Zhou dynasty

    9. A canal in Jiangsu, China, connecting Hancheng (now Yangzhou) on the Yangtze with Mokou…

      A canal in Jiangsu, China, connecting Hancheng (now Yangzhou) on the Yangtze with Mokou (now Huai'an) on the Huai.

    10. A surname from Korean.

    11. A First Nations people of Canada and an Alaska Native Athabaskan people of the…

      A First Nations people of Canada and an Alaska Native Athabaskan people of the Athabaskan-speaking ethnolinguistic group.

    12. The Northern Athabaskan language spoken by the Han people, or Hän Hwëch'in, in Alaska and…

      The Northern Athabaskan language spoken by the Han people, or Hän Hwëch'in, in Alaska and the Yukon.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA