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han Appendix:Variations of "han" English Han River Pronunciation en /hæn/ RP en /han/ SSB,Northern England,Scotland,Wales en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Han.wav Southern England en /hɑn/ US, hän en æn ɑn 1 Etymology 1 An early romanization of the en cmn 漢 Hàn, later reinforced by Wade-Giles and pinyin. Originally Han River (Shaanxi and Hubei) a river within present-day Shaanxi and Hubei. As a Chinese dynasty, from the founder Liu Bang's short-lived realm in Sichuan and Shaanxi among China's Eighteen Kingdoms, named for the Qin Empire's Hanzhong Commandery, headquartered in a city which also became known as Hanzhong, named for its placement along the middle reaches of the river. The usage for the Chinese ethnicity first appeared during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, claiming the Han dynasty as one of the golden ages of Chinese history. Alternative forms en Hàn Proper noun An imperial Chinese dynasty, ruling (with interruptions) from 206 BC to AD 220, marked by the expansion of the Yellow River's Huaxia culture to the recent conquests of the Qin and a flowering of economic, literary, and scientific development en 1950 Lubor Hájek Chinese Art https://archive.org/details/chineseart00hj/ Spring Books Czechoslovakia 13180751 41 https://archive.org/details/chineseart00hj/page/41/ According to the hair-dress it is probably that of a woman. There are some 102 slight traces of polychromy on the white slip. Other heads possessing similar qualities were dug up from early Han tombs in Pao-chi district, Shensi Province. en https://archive.org/details/shangyangsreform0000yang/ 1977 Shang Yang's Reforms and State Control in China Li Yu-ning w:M. E. Sharpe xxxiii The eclectism of political thought during the Han is reflected in Liu Hsiang's evaluation of Shang Yang. en November 26, 2021 Elizabeth Grenier Ai Weiwei on surviving captivity w:Deutsche Welle https://web.archive.org/web/20211126145227/https://www.dw.com/en/ai-weiwei-on-surviving-captivity/a-59945796 https://www.dw.com/en/ai-weiwei-on-surviving-captivity/a-59945796 November 26, 2021 Arts Ai quickly became renowned for provocative works, which included smashing a million-dollar Han Dynasty Urn in 1995. The Chinese ethnicity, when distinguished from other peoples of the Chinese state en https://archive.org/details/populationethnic00calv/ 1995 0-8133-8953-4 Economic Patterns, Migration, and Ethnic Relationships in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China Population, Ethnicity, and Nation-Building Rong Ma Calvin Goldscheider w:Westview Press 50 Trade was the major economic link between Tibet and other regions in China. Special economic systems (estate, serfdom) made it impossible for Han immigrants to engage in agriculture and animal husbandry in Tibet. The geographic features of the plateau (high elevation, rarefied air, mountains, etc.) limited the volume of trade and migration between Tibet and other regions. en https://archive.org/details/muslimsinchina0000holl/ 2006 1-59084-880-2 Muslims in China Sheila Hollihan-Elliot Mason Crest Publishers 55 According to the 2000 census, the Han make up 92 percent of China's population; the minority groups combine for about 8 percent (about 106 million people). en March 29, 2023 Han Guan Ng; Huizhong Wu; Olivia Zhang Former Taiwan leader Ma views Sun Yat-sen tomb in China tour w:AP News https://web.archive.org/web/20230328075605/https://apnews.com/article/taiwan-president-ma-yingjeou-visits-china-90c8ce038e2a02d186b53ed4a975d88b March 28, 2023 https://apnews.com/article/taiwan-president-ma-yingjeou-visits-china-90c8ce038e2a02d186b53ed4a975d88b “The people of both sides of the Taiwan Strait belong to the Chinese nation, are children of Yandi and the Yellow Emperor,” he told a group of Chinese and Taiwanese reporters who had been allowed to follow him on the trip, referring to mythical emperors revered as founders of China’s dominant Han ethnicity. en river in central c/China. en January 5, 1902 L. S. Wilcox Conditions in Hankow.; American Trade on the Pacific and the far East w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20230918231901/https://www.nytimes.com/1902/01/05/archives/conditions-in-hankow-american-trade-on-the-pacific-and-the-far-east.html 18 September 2023 https://www.nytimes.com/1902/01/05/archives/conditions-in-hankow-american-trade-on-the-pacific-and-the-far-east.html 0362-4331 1645522 ANNUAL 23 Hankow, China, is located 600 miles from the coast, on the north bank of the Yang-tse-Kiang River, at its junction with the Han River. en SEPTEMBER 9, 2014 Stian Reklev; Kathy Chen Quenching Beijing's thirst may stunt regional growth Michael Perry https://web.archive.org/web/20220527094458/https://www.reuters.com/article/china-water-idUSL3N0R430420140909 27 May 2022 w:Reuters Industry, Materials and Utilities “By transferring such a significant volume of water away from the Han River Basin, the project is depriving the area of the most basic input it will need to develop in the years and decades to come,” said Britt Crow-Miller, a research assistant professor at Portland State University.The Danjiangkou reservoir gets its water from the Han River, a tributary of the Yangtze River which feeds several major cities in central China such as Wuhan, an economic power house in Hubei province sporting a $144 billion GDP. Synonyms en Han Chinese ethnicity Derived terms 2 der Han character en Han blue Han purple Hanize Unihan Han dynasty Han ideograph Han letter Han logograph Han radical Han syllable Related terms en hanzi en hanja en kanji vi Hán tự Translations dynasty Arabic: ar أُسْرَة هَان f ʔusrat hān Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 漢 hàn, cmn 漢朝 hàncháo Finnish: fi Han, fi Han-dynastia French: fr Dynastie Han f German: de Han-Dynastie Hindi: hi हान राजवंश, hi हान Japanese: ja 漢 かん, kan, ja 漢朝 かんちょう, kanchō Khmer: km ហាន Korean: ko 한(漢), ko 한나라, ko 한조 Polish: pl Han, pl dynastia Han Portuguese: pt han m-p Russian: ru Хань f, ru дина́стия Хань f Uyghur: ug خەن Vietnamese: vi nhà Hán, vi Hán triều (vi 漢朝) Chinese ethnicity Amis: ami payrang Amis: ami payrang Arabic: ar هَان m, ar قَوْمِيَّة اَلْهَان f qawmiyyat al-hān Bouyei: pcc Buxhas Bulgarian: bg хан m f, bg ха́нци p Cherokee: chr ᎭᏂ Chinese: Dungan: dng ханзў, dng ханжын Mandarin: cmn 漢族 hànzú, cmn 漢人 hànrén Finnish: fi han-kiinalaisuus French: fr Han m German: de Han, de Han-Chinesen p Greek: el Χάνας, el Χαν Hindi: hi हान चीनी, hi हान Japanese: ja 漢民族 かんみんぞく, kanminzoku, ja 漢族 かんぞく, kanzoku Khmer: km ហាន Korean: ko 한족(漢族) Manchu: mnc ᠨᡳᡴᠠᠨ, mnc ᠨᡳᡴᠠᠨᠰᠠ p, mnc ᠨᡳᡴᠠᠨ ᡠᡴᠰᡠᡵᠠ Nuosu: ii ꉌꈲ hxie mgat Polish: pl Hanowie, pl Chińczycy Han, pl Han Portuguese: pt han m-p Russian: ru хань m f, ru ха́ньцы p, ru кита́йцы m-p Thai: th ชนชาติฮั่น Tsou: tsu pusuu Uyghur: ug خىتاي, ug خەنزۇ Vietnamese: vi người Hán (người + 漢), vi Hán tộc (vi 漢族) Zhuang: za Bouxgun See also en Chinese character en Chinese ideograph en Chinese letter en Chinese logogram en Chinese radical en Chinese syllable Etymology 2 An early romanization of the en cmn - pronunciation of en zh 韓 Hán, an ancient Chinese placename. Proper noun An ancient Chinese county, viscounty, and kingdom of the Zhou dynasty and the Qin–Han interregnum The realm of this former state under other rulers en astronomy The star Zeta Ophiuchi in traditional Chinese astronomy, named for this state en. en 10/14/2020 Wang Shu-fen; Matthew Mazzetta Kaohsiung nixes proposal to adopt Hanyu Pinyin street signs https://web.archive.org/web/20201016222018/https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202010140011 16 October 2020 https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202010140011 w:Focus Taiwan Society In May 2019, former Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu (zh 韓國瑜) proposed adopting the Hanyu Pinyin system for the city's street signs at an estimated cost of NT$73 million (US$2.54 million), though the plan was ultimately delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Han left office after losing a recall vote on June 6. Etymology 3 + (SE Zhou state) Atonal form of the en cmn-pinyin - romanization of the en cmn - pronunciation of en zh 邗 Hán. Proper noun en history en former city city/Huai'an p/Jiangsu c/China. en history en former state p/Jiangsu c/China under the Zhou dynasty en history en canal p/Jiangsu c/China, connecting Hancheng (now Yangzhou) on the Yangtze with Mokou (now Huai'an) on the Huai. Synonyms canal en Hangou, en Han-kou Related terms en Hancheng, en Hanjiang Translations former city in Jiangsu Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 邗 Hán former state in Jiangsu Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 邗國 Hánguó, cmn 邗 Hán canal in Jiangsu, now mostly part of the Grand Canal Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 邗溝 Hángōu Etymology 4 + (Korean surname) From en ko 한(韓). Cognate with en Han (from Mandarin). Alternative forms en Hahn Pronunciation en /hɑn/ US en ɑn 1 Proper noun s en Korean. Etymology 5 Hän language Proper noun A First Nations people of Canada and an Alaska Native Athabaskan people of the Athabaskan-speaking ethnolinguistic group. en March 20, 1988 Mark Olds Where the Frontier Spirit Lives On https://web.archive.org/web/20150525091239/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/20/travel/where-the-frontier-spirit-lives-on.html May 25, 2015 Travel 15 In the courtroom, with its massive wooden judicial bench, pot-bellied stove and engravings of outdoor scenes and territory notables on the wall, it was easy to visualize the grizzled sourdoughs, the Han Athabaskan Indians from Eagle Village three miles upriver and the back-country trappers waiting on the hard chairs, fur caps in hand, for the judge to render justice. The Northern Athabaskan language spoken by the Han people, or Hän Hwëch'in, in Alaska and the Yukon. Further reading 1 haa haa Statistics According to the 2010 United States Census, Han is the 1,182nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 29,847 individuals. Han is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (92.67%) individuals. See also en Han River Han Solo Han-ch'eng Anagrams en ahn NAH Nah. anh. nah ahn HNA en Chinese dynasties Ethnicity Ethnonyms History of China Languages Plautdietsch Etymology From pdt gml henne henne, hinne, from pdt osx *hennia, from pdt gmw-pro *hannju. Noun f Heena hen (female chicken or fowl) pdt Hon Derived terms pdt Boakjhan Broodhan Hankje Heenafleesch Heenafloak Heenamest Heenafoama Heena'oaft Heenastaul Heenasupp Heena'uag Heenavee Kunhan Lajhan Peihan Poadelhan Rauphan Schneehan Truthan Wilthan Wotahan pdt 1-syllable words pdt Fowls Salar Etymology From slr cmn 韓. Proper noun slr proper noun slr Chinese slr Han Yuvun Han Youwen Han Youwen (Chinese general) Turkish tr: thumb|Han ilçesi Pronunciation tr /han/ Proper noun tr town/and/district province/Eskişehir c/Turkey tr male Declension Derived terms tr Hanlı