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HanEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
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.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗HanEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
An early romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 韓 /韩 (Hán), an ancient Chinese placename.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗HanEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
Atonal form of the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 邗 (Hán).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗HanEnglish (en) · Etymology 4Source text
From Korean 한(韓) (han). Cognate with English Han (from Mandarin).
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Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗hanEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English han, contraction of haven.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗hanEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
From Korean 한(恨) (han), from Middle Chinese 恨 (MC honH).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗hanEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
From Japanese 飜 (han).
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