English
Han
Han comes from Mandarin 漢.
- Mandarinmodern漢Hàn
- Englishearliest quotation 1902Han
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Mandarinmodern漢Hàn
- Englishearliest quotation 1902Han
Earliest quotation: 1902, L. S. Wilcox, Conditions in Hankow.; American Trade on the Pacific and the: “Hankow, China, is located 600 miles from the coast,…”
The story
An early romanization of the Mandarin 漢 /汉 (Hàn), later reinforced by Wade-Giles and pinyin. 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.
Every English word from Mandarin 漢
Another origin of Han
- Chinesemodern韓Hán
- EnglishtodayHan
Another origin of Han
- Chinesemodern邗Hán
- EnglishtodayHan
Another origin of Han
- Koreanmodern한(韓)韓
- EnglishtodayHan
Today it means
name 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
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 漢 / Han