韩 (hán): Han, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄, Korea from the fall of the Joseon dynasty in 1897, Korea, esp. South Korea 大韓民國|大韩民国
韩 (hán) is a Chinese character meaning “han, one of the seven hero states of the warring states 戰國七雄|战国七雄.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 龺 (structural) and 韦 (structural). It ranks #1216 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- Han, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄
- Korea from the fall of the Joseon dynasty in 1897
- Korea, esp. South Korea 大韓民國|大韩民国
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 韩国proper-noun | hán guó | South Korea (Republic of Korea) |
| 韩元noun | hán yuán | won (currency of South Korea) |
| 南韩proper-noun | nán hán | (Tw, HK) South Korea |
| 韩文noun | hán wén | hangul, Korean phonetic alphabet |
| 韩德尔 | hán dé ěr | (Tw) Handel (name) |
| 韩江proper-noun | hán jiāng | the Han river in Guangdong |
| 韩国人noun | hán guó rén | Korean (person) |
| 韩城proper-noun | hán chéng | see 韓城市|韩城市 |
| 韩式adjective | hán shì | Korean-style |
| 韩语noun | hán yǔ | Korean language (esp. in context of South Korea) |
| 中日韩统一表意文字proper-noun | zhōng rì hán tǒng yī biǎo yì wén zì | China Japan Korea (CJK) unified ideographs |
| 大韩民国proper-noun | dà hán mín guó | Republic of Korea (South Korea) |
| 中日韩越proper-noun | zhōng rì hán yuè | China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam |
| 大韩帝国proper-noun | dà hán dì guó | Korean Empire, from fall of Joseon dynasty in 1897 to annexation by Japan in 1910 |
| 中日韩proper-noun | zhōng rì hán | China, Japan and Korea |
韩 appears in 60 compound words: 78 as the first character, 12 as the last, and 10 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 韩 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
学习韩字需要反复练习，才能写得工整。
xué xí hán zì xū yāo fǎn fù liàn xí , cái néng xiě dé gōng zhěng .
Learning Hangul requires repeated practice to write neatly.
韩沙率18国会议员联署 挺阿末三苏里任国盟...
hán shā lǜ 1 8 guó huì yì yuán lián shǔ tǐng ā mò sān sū lǐ rèn guó méng . . .
Han Sha led 18 members of parliament to sign a joint signature to support Ahmad Sansuri as a BN member...
立法院迁址“新地点”! 韩国瑜抛“征收圆山饭店”
lì fǎ yuàn qiān zhǐ xīn dì diǎn ! hán guó 瑜 pāo zhēng shōu yuán shān fàn diàn
The Legislative Yuan moved to a "new location"! Han Kuo-yu threw "expropriation of the Yuanshan Hotel"
韩马利中山大宅跟北方煮锅贴过年 圈中老公杜...
hán mǎ lì zhōng shān dà zhái gēn běi fāng zhǔ guō tiē guò nián juān zhōng lǎo gōng dù . . .
Han Mali Zhongshan Mansion and the North Cook Potstickers for the New Year, and her husband Du in the circle...
WBC练习赛张峻玮对韩职投2局 飙速155公里
W B C liàn xí sài zhāng jùn 玮 duì hán zhí tóu 2 jú biāo sù 1 5 5 gōng lǐ
WBC practice match Zhang Junwei pitched 2 innings against South Korea and soared 155 kilometers
...C/大联盟官网预测! 中华队晋级 力压南韩队
. . . C dà lián méng guān wǎng yù cè ! zhōng huá duì jìn jí lì yā nán hán duì
... C/ Major League Prediction! The Chinese team advanced to beat the South Korean team
婉君超爱追剧，韩剧、美剧她都看。
Wǎn jūn chāo ài zhuījù, Hán jù, Měijù tā dōu kàn.
Wan-chun’s a total drama addict — Korean, American, she watches them all.
约翰想看韩国电影吗？
Yuēhàn xiǎng kàn Hánguó diànyǐng ma?
Does John want to see a Korean movie?
你是第一次来韩国吗？
Nǐ shì dìyīcì lái Hánguó ma?
Is this your first time in Korea?
去南韩的机票多少钱？
Qù Nánhán de jīpiào duōshao qián?
How much is a plane ticket to South Korea?
Character Family
韦 Radical Family — Characters sharing the soft leather radical
Related Characters
Frequently Asked Questions
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