Han may refer to:

Ethnic groups

Han Chinese The Han Chinese () or Han people (), are an East Asian ethnic group native to China. They constitute the world's largest ethnic group, making up about 18% of the global population and consisting of various subgroups speaking distinctiv ...

, or Han People (): the name for the largest ethnic group in China, which also constitutes the world's largest ethnic group. ** Han Taiwanese (): the name for the ethnic group of the

Taiwanese people Taiwanese people may be generally considered the people of Taiwan who share a common culture, ancestry and speak Taiwanese Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka or indigenous Taiwanese languages as a mother tongue. Taiwanese people may also refer to the i ...

who may be fully or partially Han Chinese descent. * Han Minjok, or Han people (): the Korean native name referring to

Koreans Koreans ( South Korean: , , North Korean: , ; see names of Korea) are an East Asian ethnic group native to the Korean Peninsula. Koreans mainly live in the two Korean nation states: North Korea and South Korea (collectively and simply re ...

. *

Hän The Hän, Han or Hwëch'in / Han Hwech’in (meaning "People of the River, i.e. Yukon River", in English also Hankutchin) are a First Nations people of Canada and an Alaska Native Athabaskan people of the United States; they are part of the At ...

: one of the First Nations peoples of

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

Former states

Han (Western Zhou state) The State of Han (), was a minor state that existed during the Western Zhou dynasty and early Spring and Autumn period The Spring and Autumn period was a period in Chinese history from approximately 770 to 476 BC (or according to some author ...

(韓) (11th century BC – 757 BC), a Chinese state during the Spring and Autumn period *

Han (state) Han (, Old Chinese: ''*'') was an ancient Chinese state during the Warring States period of ancient China. It is conventionally romanized by scholars as Hann to distinguish it from the later Han dynasty (). It was located in central China ...

(韓) (403–230 BC), a Chinese state during the Warring States period *

Han dynasty The Han dynasty (, ; ) was an imperial dynasty of China (202 BC – 9 AD, 25–220 AD), established by Liu Bang (Emperor Gao) and ruled by the House of Liu. The dynasty was preceded by the short-lived Qin dynasty (221–207 BC) and a warr ...

(漢/汉) (206 BC – 220 AD), a dynasty split into two eras, Western Han and Eastern Han ** Shu Han (蜀漢) (221–263), a Han Chinese dynasty that existed during the Three Kingdoms Period * Former Zhao (304–329), one of the Sixteen Kingdoms, known as Han (漢) before 319 *

Cheng Han Cheng Han (; 303 or 304 – 347) was a dynastic state of China listed as one of the Sixteen Kingdoms in Chinese historiography. Ruled by the Di people, its territory was based in what is modern-day Sichuan Province, China. Cheng and Han It ...

(成漢) (304–347), one of the Sixteen Kingdoms, known as Han (漢) after 338 * Hou Han (侯漢) (552), dynasty name used by

Hou Jing Hou Jing (; died June 552), courtesy name Wanjing (萬景), was a Chinese military general, monarch, and politician. He was a general of Northern Wei, Eastern Wei, and Liang, and briefly, after controlling the Liang imperial regime for several ...

during his brief usurpation of the Liang dynasty *

Former Shu Great Shu (Chinese: 大蜀, Pinyin: Dàshǔ) called in retrospect Former Shu (Chinese: 前蜀, Pinyin: Qiánshǔ) or occasionally Wang Shu (王蜀), was one of the Ten Kingdoms formed during the chaotic period between the rules of the Tang dynas ...

(前蜀) (907–925), a state during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, known as Han (漢) between 917 and 918 *

Southern Han Southern Han (; 917–971), officially Han (), originally Yue (), was one of the ten kingdoms that existed during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. It was located on China's southern coast, controlling modern Guangdong and Guangxi. The ...

(南漢) (917–971), a state during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period *

Later Han (Five Dynasties) Han, known as the Later Han () in historiography, was a short-lived imperial dynasty of China that existed from 947 to 951. It was the fourth of the Five Dynasties during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period in Chinese history, and the t ...

(後漢) (947–951), a state during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period ** Northern Han (北漢)(951–979), successor to Later Han, also during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period *

Chen Han Chen Han (; 1360–1364), officially the Great Han (), was a short-lived Chinese dynasty in the middle Yangtze region during the chaotic late Yuan dynasty. It was founded by the Red Turban rebel general Chen Youliang. History Chen Youliang f ...

(漢) (1360–1364), an insurgent middle Yangtze state in the late Yuan Dynasty * Samhan (), three ancient confederacies in the southern Korean Peninsula; also refers to the

Three Kingdoms of Korea Samhan or the Three Kingdoms of Korea () refers to the three kingdoms of Goguryeo (고구려, 高句麗), Baekje (백제, 百濟), and Silla (신라, 新羅). Goguryeo was later known as Goryeo (고려, 高麗), from which the modern name ''Kor ...

** Byeonhan confederacy () **

Jinhan confederacy Jinhan () was a loose confederacy of chiefdoms that existed from around the 1st century BC to the 4th century AD in the southern Korean Peninsula, to the east of the Nakdong River valley, Gyeongsang Province. Jinhan was one of the Samhan (or ...

() **

Mahan confederacy Mahan () was a loose confederacy of statelets that existed from around the 1st century BC to 5th century AD in the southern Korean peninsula in the Chungcheong and Jeolla provinces. Gina Lee Barnes, 《State Formation in Korea: Historical and A ...

() * Daehan Jaeguk or Korean Empire () (1897–1910), the last monarchial kingdom of Korea.

Modern places

* Daehan Minguk (), the South Korean name for

Republic of Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its ea ...

. * Hanguk (), the Korean name for

Korea Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republic o ...

, often referring to the country South Korea. * Han-sur-Lesse, Rochefort, Belgium * Han-sur-Meuse, Meuse, France * Han-devant-Pierrepont in Meurthe-et-Moselle, France * Han-sur-Nied in Moselle, France *

Han, Iran Han ( fa, هان, also Romanized as Hān) is a village in Zaboli Rural District, in the Central District of Mehrestan County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called ...

, a village in Sistan and Baluchestan Province * Han, Eskişehir, Turkey

Arts, entertainment, and media

Han Solo Han Solo is a fictional character in the '' Star Wars'' franchise created by George Lucas. The character first appeared in the 1977 film '' Star Wars'' portrayed by Harrison Ford, who reprised his role in ''The Empire Strikes Back'' (1980) an ...

, a character in the ''Star Wars'' franchise *

Han Lue Han Lue is a fictional character in the ''Fast & Furious'' franchise, portrayed by Sung Kang, who, like the character himself, is of Korean descent. The character appears for the first time in the film ''Better Luck Tomorrow'', later appearing i ...

, a character in the ''Fast & Furious'' franchise * ''The Airlords of Han'', the sequel to ''

Armageddon 2419 A.D. ''Armageddon 2419 A.D.'' is a science fiction novella by Philip Francis Nowlan that first appeared in the August 1928 issue of the pulp magazine ''Amazing Stories''. A sequel called '' The Airlords of Han'' was published in the March 1929 iss ...

'' * "Han", a fifth season episode of ''The West Wing''

Names

* Han (name), a given name and surname ** Han (Chinese surname), also Haan, Hahn or Hann, the Romanized spelling of many Chinese family names: 漢, 韓(韩), 邗, 罕, 寒, 憨, etc. **

Han (Korean surname) Han (Hangul 한, Hanja 韓) is the typical romanized spelling of the Korean family name. Other alternate spellings for 한 include Hahn and Haan. In hanja, it translates to "King”, “Kingdom”, “country" and/or “Korean people”. Han is t ...

, (한, 韓 or 漢), also romanized as "Hahn"

Education

Han school The was an educational institution in the Edo period of Japan, originally established to educate children of '' daimyō'' (feudal lords) and their retainers in the domains outside of the capital. These institutions were also known as ''hanga ...

, Japan, Edo period *

HAN University of Applied Sciences The HAN University of Applied Sciences, mostly referred to as HAN, is one of the largest universities of applied sciences in the Netherlands. It offers bachelor's and master's degree programs to over 36,000 students. HAN is a knowledge institute f ...

, in the Netherlands

Languages

Hän language The Hän language (alternatively spelled as Haen) (also known as Dawson, Han-Kutchin, Moosehide; ISO 639-3 haa) is a Northern Athabaskan language spoken by the Hän Hwëch'in (translated to ''people who live along the river'', sometimes anglic ...

, an indigenous language of North America * Han Chinese language, or just Chinese *

Korean language Korean ( South Korean: , ''hangugeo''; North Korean: , ''chosŏnmal'') is the native language for about 80 million people, mostly of Korean descent. It is the official and national language of both North Korea and South Korea (geographic ...

(한국어 ''Hangug-eo''), as known in South Korea **

Han languages The Han languages ( Korean: ) or Samhan languages ( Korean: ) were the languages of the Samhan ('three Han') of ancient southern Korea, the confederacies of Mahan, Byeonhan and Jinhan. They are mentioned in surveys of the peninsula in the 3rd c ...

, a group of languages of ancient Korea * Han, the ISO 639-3 code for the

Hangaza language Hangaza is a Bantu language spoken by the Hangaza people of Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. ...

of Tanzania

Writing systems

* Hán, used in Vietnamese orthography *

Han characters Chinese characters () are logograms developed for the writing of Chinese. In addition, they have been adapted to write other East Asian languages, and remain a key component of the Japanese writing system where they are known as ''kanji' ...

(漢字, Pinyin: ''Hanzi'', often referred to as Chinese characters) *

Han unification Han unification is an effort by the authors of Unicode and the Universal Character Set to map multiple character sets of the Han characters of the so-called CJK languages into a single set of unified characters. Han characters are a featur ...

(Han character glyph unification) in Unicode *

Hangul The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, . Hangul may also be written as following South Korea's standard Romanization. ( ) in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is the modern official writing system for the Korean language. The le ...

(한글 ''Hangeul''), the Korean alphabet *

Hanja Hanja (Hangul: ; Hanja: , ), alternatively known as Hancha, are Chinese characters () used in the writing of Korean. Hanja was used as early as the Gojoseon period, the first ever Korean kingdom. (, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, ...

(한자, 漢字), Han characters used for the Korean language

Other

* Hän, a Finnish 3rd person pronoun

Transportation

Hanwell railway station Hanwell railway station serves Hanwell in the London Borough of Ealing. It is down the line from and is situated between and . All trains serving Hanwell are operated by the Elizabeth line, having taken over the Heathrow Connect stopping serv ...

, in England * Hindaun City railway station, in India *

Noi Bai International Airport Nội Bài International Airport ( vi, Sân bay quốc tế Nội Bài) in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, is the second largest and busiest airport for passenger traffic, after Tan Son Nhat International Airport. It is currently the main airpo ...

, serving Hanoi, Vietnam * BYD Han (汉), a Chinese passenger car

Other uses

* Khan (title), or Han (汗) in Chinese transliteration, originally Central Asian title for a sovereign or military ruler *

Han system ( ja, 藩, "domain") is a Japanese historical term for the Estate (land), estate of a daimyo in the Edo period (1603–1868) and early Meiji (era), Meiji period (1868–1912).Louis Frédéric, Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"Han"in ''Japan En ...

(藩), a term for feudal clan or fief in Japan *

Han (cultural) ''Han'', or ''haan'', is a concept of an emotion, variously described as some form of grief or resentment, among others, that is said to be an essential element of Korean identity by some, and a modern post-colonial identity by others. Early dep ...

, a Korean cultural concept of lament *

Han (inn) A caravanserai (or caravansary; ) was a roadside inn where travelers ( caravaners) could rest and recover from the day's journey. Caravanserais supported the flow of commerce, information and people across the network of trade routes covering ...

, also spelled khan, caravanserai * ''Han'' (trilobite), a monotypic genus * Han Vodka *

Health Alert Network The Health Alert Network (HAN) is a program run by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to provide public health Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organize ...

of US CDC * Home network in computing *

Hospitality Association of Namibia The Hospitality Association of Namibia (HAN) is a trade association for the hospitality sector in Namibia. It is fully funded by its members and serves as a self-regulating governing body for all aspects of the hospitality industry. It provides m ...

Hydroxylammonium nitrate Hydroxylammonium nitrate or hydroxylamine nitrate (HAN) is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula H3OHNO3]. It is a salt derived from hydroxylamine and nitric acid. In its pure form, it is a colourless hygroscopic solid. It has potent ...

Type 091 submarine The Type 091 (Chinese designation: 09- I; NATO reporting name: Han class) is a first-generation nuclear-powered attack submarine produced by China. It was the first nuclear submarine employed by the People's Liberation Army Navy Submarine Force ...

, Chinese nuclear submarine class