Han may refer to:

Ethnic groups

* Han Chinese, 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. *

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.

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, and centered on modern day Hancheng and Hejin. The state was created for a son, known historically as the ''Marquess of Han' ...

(韓) (11th century BC – 757 BC), a Chinese state during the Spring and Autumn period * Han (state) (韓) (403–230 BC), a Chinese state during the Warring States period * Han dynasty (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 r ...

(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 (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 ...

(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 **

Byeonhan confederacy Byeonhan (, ), also known as Byeonjin, (, ) was a loose confederacy of chiefdoms that existed from around the beginning of the Common Era to the 4th century in the southern Korean peninsula. Byeonhan was one of the Samhan (or "Three Hans"), alo ...

() ** Jinhan confederacy () ** Mahan confederacy () * 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. * Hanguk (), the Korean name for Korea, 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 Han, formerly Hanköy and Hüsrevpaşa, is a town and district of Eskişehir Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a trans ...

, 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, 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 issu ...

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

Names

Han (name) Han is used as a name in many cultures. The Western usage of the name is as a variant of Hans. * Han (Chinese surname) (韓/韩/Hán), also romanized Hon * Han (Korean surname) (韓/한) * Han (given name), a Dutch given name Notable people with ...

, a given name and surname **

Han (Chinese surname) Han () is a common Chinese surname. The spelling "Han" is based on China's pinyin system and so used throughout Mainland China. Spelling can vary from 'Hon' in Cantonese-speaking areas to 'Hang' in Hainan. It is the 15th name on the ''Hundred Fam ...

, 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, 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 (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 ce ...

, 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. It is closely related to and partially intelligible with the languages of Rwanda and Burundi Burundi (, ), officially the Republic of Burundi ( rn, Repuburika y’Uburund ...

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 feature ...

(Han character glyph unification) in Unicode * Hangul (한글 ''Hangeul''), the Korean alphabet * Hanja (한자, 漢字), Han characters used for the Korean language

Other

* Hän, a Finnish 3rd person pronoun

Transportation

* Hanwell railway station, 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) Khan ''khan/qan''; tr, han; Azerbaijani: ''xan''; Ottoman: ''han''; Old Turkic: ''kan''; Chinese: 汗 ''hán''; Goguryeo: 皆 ''key''; Buyeo: 加 ''ka''; Silla: 干 ''kan''; Gaya: 旱 ''kan''; Baekje: 瑕 ''ke''; Manchu: ; Persian: خا� ...

, 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 of a daimyo in the Edo period (1603–1868) and early Meiji period (1868–1912). Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"Han"in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 283. or (daimyo domain) s ...

(藩), a term for feudal clan or fief in Japan * Han (cultural), 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 A home network or home area network (HAN) is a type of computer network that facilitates communication among devices within the close vicinity of a home. Devices capable of participating in this network, for example, smart devices such as netwo ...

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 poten ...

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