汉 (hàn): Han ethnic group, Chinese (language), the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
汉 (hàn) is a Chinese character meaning “han ethnic group.” Classified as HSK Level 1 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (structural) and 又 (structural). It ranks #711 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 汉 simplified form of 漢; the Han 𦰩 river 氵. Its radical form 氵 (water) appears in many related characters such as 水 (shuǐ, water), 汽 (qì, steam), 没 (méi, (negative prefix for verbs) have not).
Definitions
- Han ethnic group
- Chinese (language)
- the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
Etymology & Origin
ideographicSimplified form of 漢; the Han 𦰩 river 氵
Decomposition: ⿰氵又 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 汉
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 汉堡noun | hàn bǎo | (loanword) hamburger |
| 汉城proper-noun | hàn chéng | Hanseong, former name of Seoul (capital of South Korea), replaced in 2005 with 首爾|首尔 |
| 流浪汉noun | liú làng hàn | tramp |
| 男子汉noun | nán zǐ hàn | man (i.e. manly, masculine) |
| 汉堡包noun | hàn bǎo bāo | (loanword) hamburger |
| 单身汉noun | dān shēn hàn | bachelor |
| 汉娜proper-noun | hàn nà | Hannah (name) |
| 硬汉noun | yìng hàn | man of steel |
| 汉斯 | hàn sī | Hans (name) |
| 汉子noun | hàn zi | man |
| 醉汉noun | zuì hàn | intoxicated man |
| 汉森 | hàn sēn | Hansen or Hanson (name) |
| 好汉noun | hǎo hàn | hero |
| 罗宾汉proper-noun | luó bīn hàn | Robin Hood (English 12th century folk hero) |
| 贝克汉姆 | bèi kè hàn mǔ | Beckenham or Beckham (name) |
汉 appears in 101 compound words: 47 as the first character, 50 as the last, and 4 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 汉 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (7)
the boundary between the spheres of influence of two parties at war; the separation line between two sides
Showing 6 of 7 idioms containing 汉.
Example Sentences
站在桥上望去，汉水缓缓向东流去。
zhàn zài qiáo shǎng wàng qù , hàn shuǐ huǎn huǎn xiàng dōng liú qù .
Standing on the bridge, one can see the Han River flowing gently eastward.
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hé hàn quán xiāng gǎng guó jiā ān quán jiào yù kè chéng kuàng jià jiào yù xiàn . . .
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...物难吃 称:“全世界只有去英国先搵到”的汉堡包
. . . wù nán chī chèn : quán shì jiè zhī yǒu qù yīng guó xiān 搵 dào de hàn bǎo bāo
... Bad food "The world can only find it in the UK" hamburger
二战战舰拚火力 最“对称”也最“男子汉”的武器?
èr zhàn zhàn jiàn 拚 huǒ lì zuì duì chèn yě zuì nán zǐ hàn de wǔ qì ?
World War II battleships fight for firepower The most "symmetrical" and most "manly" weapon?
汉神巨蛋稳居高雄百货王 百货商圈概念宅成市...
hàn shén jù dàn wěn jū gāo xióng bǎi huò wáng bǎi huò shāng juān gài niàn zhái chéng shì . . .
Hanshin Dome is firmly in the king of Kaohsiung Department Stores, and the concept of department store business district is a city...
将军澳景林邨六旬汉倒毙寓所 单位传臭味保安报警揭发
jiāng jūn ào jǐng lín 邨 liù xún hàn dǎo bì yù suǒ dān wèi chuán chòu wèi bǎo ān bào jǐng jiē fā
A sixty-year-old man in King Lam Estate, Tseung Kwan O, collapsed and died in his apartment, and the unit reported a foul smell, and the security guard called the police
你会读这个汉字吗？
Nǐ huì dú zhège hànzì ma?
Can you read this kanji?
你的汉语在哪学的？
Nǐ de Hànyǔ zài nǎ xué de?
Where did you study Chinese?
在这里有人会说汉语吗？
Zài zhèlǐ yǒurén huì shuō Hànyǔ ma?
Can anyone here speak Mandarin?
“明”这个汉字左边是什么？右边是什么？
"míng " zhège hànzì zuǒbian shì shénme? yòubian shì shénme?
In "明", what is the character on the left? And the one on the right?
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