Han may refer to:

Ethnic groups

Han Chinese The Han Chinese () or Han people (), are an East Asian ethnic group native to China. They constitute the world's largest ethnic group, making up about 18% of the global population and consisting of various subgroups speaking distinctive v ...

, or Han People (): the name for the largest ethnic group in China, which also constitutes the world's largest ethnic group. **

Han Taiwanese Han Taiwanese, Taiwanese Han (), Taiwanese Han Chinese, or Han Chinese are Taiwanese people of full or partial ethnic Han descent. According to the Executive Yuan of Taiwan, they comprise 95 to 97 percent of the Taiwanese population, which als ...

(): the name for the ethnic group of the

Taiwanese people Taiwanese people may be generally considered the people of Taiwan who share a common culture, ancestry and speak Taiwanese Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka or indigenous Taiwanese languages as a mother tongue. Taiwanese people may also refer to the i ...

who may be fully or partially Han Chinese descent. * Han Minjok, or Han people (): the Korean native name referring to

Koreans Koreans ( South Korean: , , North Korean: , ; see names of Korea) are an East Asian ethnic group native to the Korean Peninsula. Koreans mainly live in the two Korean nation states: North Korea and South Korea (collectively and simply r ...

. * Hän: one of the First Nations peoples of

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by to ...

Former states

* Han (Western Zhou state) (韓) (11th century BC – 757 BC), a Chinese state during the Spring and Autumn period * Han (state) (韓) (403–230 BC), a Chinese state during the Warring States period *

Han dynasty The Han dynasty (, ; ) was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China (202 BC – 9 AD, 25–220 AD), established by Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang (Emperor Gao) and ruled by the House of Liu. The dynasty was preceded by th ...

(漢/汉) (206 BC – 220 AD), a dynasty split into two eras, Western Han and Eastern Han ** Shu Han (蜀漢) (221–263), a Han Chinese dynasty that existed during the Three Kingdoms Period * Former Zhao (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 * Hou Han (侯漢) (552), dynasty name used by Hou Jing during his brief usurpation of the Liang dynasty * 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 (), three ancient confederacies in the southern Korean Peninsula; also refers to the

Three Kingdoms of Korea Samhan or the Three Kingdoms of Korea () refers to the three kingdoms of Goguryeo (고구려, 高句麗), Baekje (백제, 百濟), and Silla (신라, 新羅). Goguryeo was later known as Goryeo (고려, 高麗), from which the modern name ''Kor ...

** Byeonhan confederacy () **

Jinhan confederacy Jinhan () was a loose confederacy of chiefdoms that existed from around the 1st century BC to the 4th century AD in the southern Korean Peninsula, to the east of the Nakdong River valley, Gyeongsang Province. Jinhan was one of the Samhan (or ...

() **

Mahan confederacy Mahan () was a loose confederacy of statelets that existed from around the 1st century BC to 5th century AD in the southern Korean peninsula in the Chungcheong and Jeolla provinces. Gina Lee Barnes, 《State Formation in Korea: Historical and ...

() * Daehan Jaeguk or Korean Empire () (1897–1910), the last monarchial kingdom of Korea.

Modern places

* Daehan Minguk (), the South Korean name for

Republic of Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its ea ...

. * Hanguk (), the Korean name for

Korea Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republic ...

, often referring to the country South Korea. * Han-sur-Lesse, Rochefort, Belgium * Han-sur-Meuse, Meuse, France * Han-devant-Pierrepont in Meurthe-et-Moselle, France * Han-sur-Nied in Moselle, France *

Han, Iran Han ( fa, هان, also Romanized as Hān) is a village in Zaboli Rural District, in the Central District of Mehrestan County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called ...

, a village in Sistan and Baluchestan Province *

Han, Eskişehir Han, formerly Hanköy and Hüsrevpaşa, is a town and district of Eskişehir Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a trans ...

, Turkey

Arts, entertainment, and media

Han Solo Han Solo is a fictional character in the '' Star Wars'' franchise created by George Lucas. The character first appeared in the 1977 film '' Star Wars'' portrayed by Harrison Ford, who reprised his role in '' The Empire Strikes Back'' (1980) an ...

, a character in the ''Star Wars'' franchise * Han Lue, a character in the ''Fast & Furious'' franchise * ''The Airlords of Han'', the sequel to '' Armageddon 2419 A.D.'' * "Han", a fifth season episode of ''The West Wing''

Names

Han (name) Han is used as a name in many cultures. The Western usage of the name is as a variant of Hans. * Han (Chinese surname) (韓/韩/Hán), also romanized Hon * Han (Korean surname) (韓/한) * Han (given name), a Dutch given name Notable people with ...

, a given name and surname ** Han (Chinese surname), also Haan, Hahn or Hann, the Romanized spelling of many Chinese family names: 漢, 韓(韩), 邗, 罕, 寒, 憨, etc. **

Han (Korean surname) Han (Hangul 한, Hanja 韓) is the typical romanized spelling of the Korean family name. Other alternate spellings for 한 include Hahn and Haan. In hanja, it translates to "King”, “Kingdom”, “country" and/or “Korean people”. Han is t ...

, (한, 韓 or 漢), also romanized as "Hahn"

Education

* Han school, Japan, Edo period *

HAN University of Applied Sciences The HAN University of Applied Sciences, mostly referred to as HAN, is one of the largest universities of applied sciences in the Netherlands. It offers bachelor's and master's degree programs to over 36,000 students. HAN is a knowledge institute f ...

, in the Netherlands

Languages

* Hän language, an indigenous language of North America *

Han Chinese language Chinese (, especially when referring to written Chinese) is a group of languages spoken natively by the ethnic Han Chinese majority and many minority ethnic groups in Greater China. About 1.3 billion people (or approximately 16% of the ...

, or just Chinese *

Korean language Korean (South Korean: , ''hangugeo''; North Korean: , ''chosŏnmal'') is the native language for about 80 million people, mostly of Korean descent. It is the official and national language of both North Korea and South Korea (geographica ...

(한국어 ''Hangug-eo''), as known in South Korea ** Han languages, a group of languages of ancient Korea * Han, the ISO 639-3 code for the

Hangaza language Hangaza is a Bantu language spoken by the Hangaza people of Tanzania. It is closely related to and partially intelligible with the languages of Rwanda and Burundi Burundi (, ), officially the Republic of Burundi ( rn, Repuburika y’Uburund ...

of Tanzania

Writing systems

* Hán, used in Vietnamese orthography * Han characters (漢字, Pinyin: ''Hanzi'', often referred to as Chinese characters) * Han unification (Han character glyph unification) in Unicode *

Hangul The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, . Hangul may also be written as following South Korea's standard Romanization. ( ) in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is the modern official writing system for the Korean language. The l ...

(한글 ''Hangeul''), the Korean alphabet *

Hanja Hanja (Hangul: ; Hanja: , ), alternatively known as Hancha, are Chinese characters () used in the writing of Korean. Hanja was used as early as the Gojoseon period, the first ever Korean kingdom. (, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, ...

(한자, 漢字), Han characters used for the Korean language

Other

* Hän, a Finnish 3rd person pronoun

Transportation

* Hanwell railway station, in England *

Hindaun City railway station Hindaun City railway station (station code:- HAN) is a railway station serving Hindaun City in the state of Rajasthan, India. It comes under the Kota railway division of West Central Railway zone. Hindaun City is a B-Grade station on the D ...

, in India * Noi Bai International Airport, serving Hanoi, Vietnam * BYD Han (汉), a Chinese passenger car

Other uses

* Khan (title), or Han (汗) in Chinese transliteration, originally Central Asian title for a sovereign or military ruler *

Han system ( ja, 藩, "domain") is a Japanese historical term for the estate of a daimyo in the Edo period (1603–1868) and early Meiji period (1868–1912). Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"Han"in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 283. or (daimyo domain ...

(藩), a term for feudal clan or fief in Japan *

Han (cultural) ''Han'', or ''haan'', is a concept of an emotion, variously described as some form of grief or resentment, among others, that is said to be an essential element of Korean identity by some, and a modern post-colonial identity by others. Early dep ...

, a Korean cultural concept of lament * Han (inn), also spelled khan, caravanserai * ''Han'' (trilobite), a monotypic genus *

Han Vodka Han Vodka is an 80 proof vodka from Korea made from barley, rice and "pure spring water". This smooth and clean tasting Vodka is made from barley and rice which is fermented and distilled in small batches. It is imported by Progressive Beverages ...

Health Alert Network The Health Alert Network (HAN) is a program run by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to provide public health Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organize ...

of US CDC * Home network in computing *

Hospitality Association of Namibia The Hospitality Association of Namibia (HAN) is a trade association for the hospitality sector in Namibia. It is fully funded by its members and serves as a self-regulating governing body for all aspects of the hospitality industry. It provides m ...

* Hydroxylammonium nitrate * Type 091 submarine, Chinese nuclear submarine class