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hán

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hán Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
hán | han2
English translation
Korea, especially South Korea; surname

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About hán

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Number of strokes

17

Traditional form

hán

Contains the radical

wéi

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Etymology of hán

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Positional decomposition

龺韋

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Words with hán

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
韩国 Hán guó South Korea (Republic of Korea)韓國
hán surname Han hán
韩元 Hán yuán Won (Korean currency)韓元
韩寒 Hán Hán Han Han (1982-), PRC blogger, singer and professional rally driver韓寒
南韩 Nán hán South Korea南韓
韩日 Hán Rì Korea and Japan韓日
韩流 Hán liú Korean Wave韓流
韩正 Hán Zhèng Han Zheng (1954-), mayor of Shanghai (2007-2012), CPC Shanghai Committee Secretary (2012-)韓正
韩信 Hán Xìn Han Xin (-196 BC), famous general of first Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 Liú Bāng [Liú​Bāng]韓信
韩国人 Hán guó rén Korean (person)韓國人
韩愈 Hán Yù Han Yu (768-824), Tang dynasty essayist and poet, advocate of the classical writing 古文運動|古文运动 gǔ wén yùn dòng and neoclassical 復古|复古 fù gǔ movements韓愈
韩非 Hán Fēi Han Fei, also known as Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子 Hán Fēi zǐ [Hán​Fēi​zǐ] (c. 280-233 BC), Legalist philosopher of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)韓非
韩国联合通讯社 Hán guó Lián hé Tōng xùn shè Yonghap (South Korean news agency)韓國聯合通訊社

hán Decomposition & Compounds

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