汉

hàn

the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)

Han ethnic group; Chinese (language); man

water (氵) + hand (又) = the Han River, then the Han people

汉 originally referred to the Han River, a major waterway in central China. The Han dynasty took its name from this river, and over centuries the dynasty's name extended to the ethnic group and language it came to represent.

氵+又→汉
又Right handSemantic
氵WaterSemantic

他是汉族人,会说汉语。

tā shì hàn zú rén, huì shuō hàn yǔ.

He is a Han ethnic person and can speak Chinese.

汉朝是中国历史上一个很重要的朝代。

hàn cháo shì zhōng guó lì shǐ shàng yī gè hěn zhòng yào de cháo dài.

The Han dynasty is a very important dynasty in Chinese history.

Words with 汉

汉子

hàn zi

man

单身汉

dān shēn hàn

bachelor; single man

广汉

guǎng hàn

see 廣漢市|广汉市[Guang3 han4 Shi4]

汉藏语系

hàn zàng yǔ xì

Sino-Tibetan language family

汉诺威

hàn nuò wēi

Hanover

大汉

dà hàn

burly fellow

蜀汉

shǔ hàn

Shu Han (c. 200-263), Liu Bei's kingdom in Sichuan during the Three Kingdoms, claiming legitimacy as successor of Han

后汉书

hòu hàn shū

History of Eastern Han (later Han), third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed by Fan Ye 范曄|范晔[Fan4 Ye4] in 445 during Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋[Nan2 chao2 Song4], 120 scrolls

汉城

hàn chéng

Hanseong, former name of Seoul (capital of South Korea), replaced in 2005 with 首爾|首尔[Shou3 er3]

汉中市

hàn zhōng shì

Hanzhong, prefecture-level city in Shaanxi Province 陝西省|陕西省[Shan3 xi1 Sheng3]

汉族

hàn zú

Han ethnic group

通用汉字标准交换码

tōng yòng hàn zì biāo zhǔn jiāo huàn mǎ

abbr. to 通用碼|通用码[Tong1 yong4 ma3]

More characters with 氵

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