Han

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Han may refer to:

People

Ethnic groups

  • Han Chinese, or Han people (simplified Chinese: 汉人; traditional Chinese: 漢人), the largest ethnic group in China
    • Han Taiwanese (simplified Chinese: 台湾汉人; traditional Chinese: 臺灣漢人), the ethnic group of Taiwanese people who are fully or partially of Han Chinese descent
  • Han Minjok, or Han people (한민족): the Korean native name referring to Koreans
  • Hän, a First Nations people of Canada

Surname

Given name

Other

  • Han (musician), born Han Ji-sung, a South Korean singer-songwriter, rapper, and record producer, member of Stray Kids
  • Hou Han (侯漢) (552), dynasty name used by Hou Jing during his brief usurpation of the Liang dynasty

Fictional and mythological characters

Given name

  • Han Fastolfe, in the Elijah Baley Robots series by Isaac Asimov
  • Han Lue, from The Fast and the Furious series
  • Han Pritcher, in the Foundation universe by Isaac Asimov
  • Han Solo, in the Star Wars universe
  • Han de Wit, titular character of a 1972 Dutch novel and 1990 movie

Surname

Places

Former states

  • Han (NW Zhou state) (韓国) (11th century BC – 757 BC), a Chinese state in present-day Shaanxi
  • Han (SE Zhou state) (邗国), a Chinese state in present-day Jiangsu
  • Han (Warring States) (韓) (403 – 230 BC), a Chinese state during the Warring States period
  • Han dynasty (漢/汉) (202 BC – 220 AD), a dynasty split into two eras, Western Han and Eastern Han
    • Shu Han (蜀漢) (221–263), a dynastic state that existed during the Three Kingdoms period
  • Han-Zhao (漢趙) (304–329), one of the Sixteen Kingdoms, known as Han (漢) before 319
  • Cheng-Han (成漢) (304–347), one of the Sixteen Kingdoms, known as Han (漢) after 338
  • Former Shu (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) (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 (漢) (1360–1364), an insurgent middle Yangtze state in the late Yuan dynasty
  • Samhan (삼한; 三韓), three ancient confederacies in the southern Korean Peninsula

Modern places

Languages

Writing systems

  • Hán, used in Vietnamese orthography
  • Han characters, often referred to as Chinese characters

Other

Transportation

Other uses

See also

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