Han may refer to:

"Han" in China

• Chinese (漢), an abbreviation or adjectival modifier for things Chinese.
• Han Chinese (漢族 Hanzu, 漢人 Hanren), the dominant majority ethnic group of China and overseas Chinese.
• Chinese language (漢語 Hanyu) or Chinese characters (漢字 Hanzi) or Chinese written language (漢文 Hanwen).
• Han Dynasty (漢朝 Hanchao) (202 BC - 220 AD) of China, also known as Han China.
• Kingdom of Han (韓國 Hanguo), one of seven powerful kingdoms during the Chinese Warring States Period.
• Han Zhao (漢趙), one of the Chinese Sixteen Kingdoms, founded by the Liu family.
• Cheng Han (成漢), another of the Sixteen Kingdoms, founded by the Li family.
• Southern Han (南漢 Nanhan), a kingdom during the Chinese Period of Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms,
• Northern Han (北漢 Beihan), a kingdom during the Chinese Period of Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.
• Han River (漢水 Hanshui, 漢江 Hanjiang), a tributary of the Yangtze with its mouth at Wuhan, Hubei, China.
• Han River (韓江 Hanjiang), a river in eastern Guangdong province, China that flows into the South China Sea.
• Type 091 Han class submarine, the first nuclear powered submarine class (SSN) deployed by the People's Liberation Army Navy.
• Han (汗) or Kehan (可汗), the Chinese transliteration of Khan or Khagan.
• Han, Haan, Hahn or Hann, the Romanized spelling of many Chinese family names: 韓, 韩, 邗, 罕, 寒, 憨, 漢, etc.

"Han" in Japan

• Han (Japan) (藩), a term for a feudal clan or fief in Japan (See also: Abolition of the han system).
• Han (半), a Japanese word for "odd numbers" or "half", as in hanyo.

"Han" in Korea

• Korea, an abbreviation for Hanguk (한국, 韓國), the South Korean name for Korea.
• an archaic Korean root meaning "great" or "leader"; transliterated into hanja as 韓, 幹, or 刊; see Names of Korea
• Samhan, three confederacies of chiefdoms on the southern Korean peninsula in the Proto-Three Han Kingdoms Period
• Han (surname), a Korean surname (한, 韓 or 漢) also romanized "Hahn."
• Han River (Korea) (한강, 漢江), a river passing through Seoul, South Korea
• Han (cultural), a Korean cultural concept of lament
• Korean language (한국어 Hankugeo) or Hangul (한글 Hangul)

"Han" in Vietnam

• Han River (Vietnam), a river passing through Danang, Vietnam
• HAN, the International Air Transport Association code for Noi Bai International Airport serving Hanoi, Vietnam

"Han" in other worldwide regions

• Hän (North American people), a Canadian First Nation
• Hän language, an endangered Native American language spoken by the Hän people
• Han-sur-Lesse, Rochefort, Belgium
• Han, Turkey

People named Han

Fictional

• Han Solo, a character in the Star Wars films
• Han Fastolfe, a character created by Isaac Asimov
• Han Pritchard, a character in Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov
• Han Tzu ("Hot Soup"), a member of "Ender's jeesh" in the Ender's Game series by Orson Scott Card
• Han Qing-jao, a major character in the novel Xenocide of the Ender's Game series by Orson Scott Card
  • Han Fei-tzu, Qing-jao's father
  • Han Jiang-qing, Qing-jao's mother
• Han Fu (fictional), a character in the 14th century novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong
• Han Tao, a character in the Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh

Historical

• Jeen Han (also known as Gina Han) or Sunny Han, of the Han twins murder conspiracy
• Han Zheng, current mayor of Shanghai
• Han Xin, Chinese general
• Han Yu, poet
• Han Xiang, one of the Eight Immortals
• Han Ji-min, actress
• Hon Sui Sen politician (Singaporean spelling of Han)
• Han Fei, Chinese philosopher who developed the Chinese philosophy of legalism
• Tian Han, Chinese playwright, best known for writing the lyrics of the March of the Volunteers
• Han Xin (Prince of Han)
• Keiko Han, Japanese voice actor
• Han Bennink, Dutch jazz musician
• Jefferson Y. Han, research scientist for the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences of New York University
• Han Kuo-Huang, Chinese-born American ethnomusicologist
• Yuny Han, South Korean actress
• Han Yong-un, Korean Buddhist reformer and poet
• Han Kulker, Dutch middle distance runner
• Han De, Wei officer
• Han Xiaopeng, Chinese freestyle skier and Olympic gold medalist
• Zhang Han, Chinese general of the Qin Dynasty
• Mei Han, Chinese musician
• Han Gan, Chinese painter of the Tang Dynasty
• Han Juzi, Chinese officer who served under Yuan Shao
• Han Dongfang, Chinese human rights activist
• Han Fu, Chinese bureaucrat during the late Eastern Han Dynasty
• Han Xuan, governor of Changsha during the Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms era of China
• Han Xianchu, general of the Chinese Communist armed forces
• Han Shaogong, prominent and innovative Chinese writer
• Han Hoogerbrugge, Dutch digital artist
• Han Zhangluan, official of the Northern Qi Dynasty of China
• Han Sui, military leader of the Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms era of China
• Han Tuozhou, Chinese statesman of the Southern Song Dynasty
• Jiawei Han, computer scientist
• Han Mahmud, a Kurd lord
• Han Yin
• Han Zhong, high-ranking Chinese general of the Yellow Turbans
• Han Hao, Chinese officer who served under Cao Cao
• Han, the name of a priest and a deacon martyred with Abda and Abdjesus

Miscellaneous

• Han unification (Chinese character glyph unification) in Unicode
• Alternative spelling of title Khan, notably in Turkic languages
• Han, a type of Central Asian inn, similar to caravanserai
• Han, an episode of The West Wing, named for the Korean Han

External links

• Chinese surname history: Han