han

han · verb¹

1. Middle English · inherited fromhan
2. English todayhan

From Middle English han, contraction of haven.

han · noun²

1. Korean · borrowed from한(恨)
2. English todayhan

From Korean 한(恨) (han), from Middle Chinese 恨 (MC honH).

han · noun³

1. Japanese · borrowed from飜
2. English todayhan

From Japanese 飜 (han).

Han · proper noun⁴

1. Mandarin · borrowed from漢 /汉
2. English todayHan

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.

Han · proper noun⁵

1. Chinese · derived from韓 /韩
2. English todayHan

An early romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 韓 /韩 (Hán), an ancient Chinese placename.

Han · proper noun⁶

1. Chinese · derived from邗
2. English todayHan

Atonal form of the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 邗 (Hán).

Han · proper noun⁷

1. Korean · borrowed from한(韓)
2. English todayHan

From Korean 한(韓) (han). Cognate with English Han (from Mandarin).

Words from the same roots