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'Han' may refer to:

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"Han" in China

"Han" in Japan

"Han" in Korea

"Han" in Vietnam

"Han" in other worldwide regions

People named Han

Fictional

Historical

Miscellaneous

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"Han" in China

★ Chinese (漢), an abbreviation or adjectival modifier for things Chinese.

★ Han Chinese (漢族 ''Hanzu'', 漢人 ''Hanren''), the dominant majority ethnic group of China and overseas Chinese.

★ Chinese language (漢語 ''Hanyu'') or Chinese characters (漢字 ''Hanzi'') or Chinese written language (漢文 ''Hanwen'').

★ Han Dynasty (漢朝 ''Hanchao'') (202 BC - 220 AD) of China, also known as Han China.

★ Kingdom of Han (韓國 ''Hanguo''), one of seven powerful kingdoms during the Chinese Warring States Period.

★ Han, one of the Chinese Sixteen Kingdoms, founded by the Liu family.

★ Han, another of the Sixteen Kingdoms, founded by the Li family.

★ Southern Han (南漢 ''Nanhan''), a kingdom during the Chinese Period of Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms,

★ Northern Han (北漢 ''Beihan''), a kingdom during the Chinese Period of Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.

★ Han River (漢水 ''Hanshui'', 漢江 ''Hanjiang''), a tributary of the Yangtze with its mouth at Wuhan, Hubei, China.

★ Han River (韓江 ''Hanjiang''), a river in eastern Guangdong province, China that flows into the South China Sea.

★ Type 091 Han class submarine, the first nuclear powered submarine class (SSN) deployed by the People's Liberation Army Navy.

★ Han (汗) or Kehan (可汗), the Chinese transliteration of Khan or Khagan.

★ Han, Haan, Hahn or Hann, the Romanized spelling of many Chinese family names: 韓, 韩, 邗, 罕, 寒, 憨, 漢, etc.

"Han" in Japan

★ Han (Japan) (藩), a term for a feudal clan or fief in Japan (See also: Abolition of the han system).

★ Han (半), a Japanese word for "odd numbers" or "half", as in hanyo.

"Han" in Korea

★ Korea, an abbreviation for ''Hanguk'' (한국, 韓國), the South Korean name for Korea.

★ an archaic Korean root meaning "great" or "leader"; transliterated into hanja as 韓, 幹, or 刊; see Names of Korea

★ Samhan, three confederacies of chiefdoms on the southern Korean peninsula in the Proto-Three Han Kingdoms Period

★ Han (surname), a Korean surname (한, 韓 or 漢) also romanized "Hahn."

★ Han River (Korea) (한강, 漢江), a river passing through Seoul, South Korea

★ ''Han (cultural)'', a Korean cultural concept of lament

★ Korean language (한국어 Hankugeo) or Hangul (한글 Hangul)

"Han" in Vietnam

★ Han River (Vietnam), a river passing through Danang, Vietnam

★ HAN, the International Air Transport Association code for Noi Bai International Airport serving Hanoi, Vietnam

"Han" in other worldwide regions

★ Hän (North American people), a Canadian First Nation

★ Hän language, an endangered Native American language spoken by the Hän people

★ Han-sur-Lesse, Rochefort, Belgium

★ Han, Turkey

People named Han

Fictional

★ Han Solo, a character in the ''Star Wars'' films

★ Han Fastolfe, a character created by Isaac Asimov

★ Han Pritchard, a character in ''Second Foundation'' by Isaac Asimov

★ Han Tzu ("Hot Soup"), a member of "Ender's jeesh" in the Ender's Game series by Orson Scott Card

★ Han Qing-jao, a major character in the novel ''Xenocide'' of the Ender's Game series by Orson Scott Card

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★ Han Fei-tzu, Qing-jao's father

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★ Han Jiang-qing, Qing-jao's mother

★ Han Fu (fictional), a character in the 14th century novel ''Romance of the Three Kingdoms'' by Luo Guanzhong

★ Han Tao, a character in the ''Water Margin'' or ''Outlaws of the Marsh''

Historical

★ Jeen Han (also known as Gina Han) or Sunny Han, of the Han twins murder conspiracy

★ Han Zheng, current mayor of Shanghai

★ Han Xin, Chinese general

★ Han Yu, poet

★ Han Xiang, one of the Eight Immortals

★ Han Ji-min, actress

★ Hon Sui Sen politician (Singaporean spelling of Han)

★ Han Fei, Chinese philosopher who developed the Chinese philosophy of legalism

★ Tian Han, Chinese playwright, best known for writing the lyrics of the ''March of the Volunteers''

★ Han Xin (Prince of Han)

★ Keiko Han, Japanese voice actor

★ Han Bennink, Dutch jazz musician

★ Jefferson Y. Han, research scientist for the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences of New York University

★ Han Kuo-Huang, Chinese-born American ethnomusicologist

★ Nydia Han, consumer/investigative reporter

★ Yuny Han, South Korean actress

★ Han Yong-un, Korean Buddhist reformer and poet

★ Han Kulker, Dutch middle distance runner

★ Han De, Wei officer

★ Han Xiaopeng, Chinese freestyle skier and Olympic gold medalist

★ Zhang Han, Chinese general of the Qin Dynasty

★ Mei Han, Chinese musician

★ Han Gan, Chinese painter of the Tang Dynasty

★ Han Juzi, Chinese officer who served under Yuan Shao

★ Han Dongfang, Chinese human rights activist

★ Han Fu, Chinese bureaucrat during the late Eastern Han Dynasty

★ Han Xuan, governor of Changsha during the Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms era of China

★ Han Xianchu, general of the Chinese Communist armed forces

★ Han Shaogong, prominent and innovative Chinese writer

★ Han Hoogerbrugge, Dutch digital artist

★ Han Zhangluan, official of the Northern Qi Dynasty of China

★ Han Sui, military leader of the Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms era of China

★ Han Tuozhou, Chinese statesman of the Southern Song Dynasty

★ Jiawei Han, computer scientist

★ Han Mahmud, a Kurd lord

★ Han Yin

★ Han Zhong, high-ranking Chinese general of the Yellow Turbans

★ Han Hao, Chinese officer who served under Cao Cao

★ Han, the name of a priest and a deacon martyred with Abda and Abdjesus

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''

★ Han, an episode of The West Wing, named for the Korean ''Han''

External links

★ Chinese surname history: Han