Han - Definition and Overview

Han can refer to:

1. Han Chinese, the dominant majority ethnic group of mainland China
2. The Chinese written language (漢文)
3. The Han Dynasty (202 BCE - 220 CE) of China
4. The state of Han, a state during the Chinese Warring States Period
5. Han, one of the Chinese Sixteen Kingdoms, founded by the Liu family. Refer to Han Zhao.
6. Han, another of the Sixteen Kingdoms, founded Li family. Refer Cheng Han.
7. The Later Han Dynasty of the Chinese Period of Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms
8. The Northern Han, a kingdom during during the Chinese Period of Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms
9. The Western transliteration of a Chinese family name 韓,韩,邗,罕,寒,憨 etc.
10. The Han River (汉水), a tributary of Chang Jiang (Yangtze) with its mouth at Wuhan, Hubei, China
11. The Han River (韩江), a river in eastern Guangdong province, China that flows into the South China Sea
12. The Han River (한강/漢江), a river passing through Seoul, South Korea
13. The Han River, a river passing through Danang, Vietnam
14. Korea, an abbreviation for Hanguk, the South Korean name for Korea.
15. A Korean cultural concept.
16. One of the Samhan or three tribes on the Korea peninsula before the Three Kingdoms Period
17. Han, a term for a feudal clan or fief in Japan (See: Abolition of the Han system)
18. Han, a Japanese word for "odd numbers".
19. The Hän, a Canadian First Nation
20. The Hän, the language spoken by the Hän
21. Gina Han, or Sunny Han, of the Han twins murder conspiracy
22. Han-sur-Lesse, Rochefort, Belgium
23. Alternative spelling of title Khan