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Han may refer to:
East Asian History
- Han (Western Zhou state) (韓) (11th century BC – 757 BC), a state during the Spring and Autumn period
- Han (state) (韓) (403 BC – 230 BC), a state during the Warring States period
- Han dynasty (漢) (206 BC – 220 AD), a dynasty split into 2 eras, Western Han and Eastern Han
- Shu Han (221–263), one of the Three Kingdoms
- Former Zhao (304–329), one of the Sixteen Kingdoms, known as Han (漢) before 319
- Cheng Han (304–347), one of the Sixteen Kingdoms, known as Han (漢) after 338
- Former Shu (907–925), a state during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, known as Han (漢) between 917 and 918
- Southern Han (漢) (917–971), a state during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
- Later Han (Five Dynasties) (漢) (947–951), a state during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
- Northern Han (951–979), successor to Later Han, also during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
- Han (漢) (1360–1363), an insurgent state founded by Chen Youliang in the Yuan Dynasty
- Sam Han (삼한, 三韓), three ancient kingdoms in the Korean Peninsula
- Four Commanderies of Han (한사군, 漢四郡), four commanderies set up by the Han Empire in the Korean Peninsula
Ethnic groups
- Han Chinese
- Han Taiwanese, the Han people of Taiwan
- Hän, a First Nations people of Canada
Languages
- Chinese languages (漢語, Pinyin: Hanyu, Chinese language)
- Korean language (한국어 Hangug-eo)
- Hän language (ISO 639-3: haa), an indigenous language of North America
- Hangaza language (ISO 639-3: han), a Bantu language of Tanzania
Names
- Han (name), a given name and surname
- Han (Chinese surname), also Haan, Hahn or Hann, the Romanized spelling of many Chinese family names: 韓(韩), 邗, 罕, 寒, 憨, 漢, etc.
- Han (Korean surname), (한, 韓 or 漢), also romanized as "Hahn"
Places
Belgium
- Han-sur-Lesse, Rochefort
France
- Han-sur-Meuse in Meuse
- Han-devant-Pierrepont in Meurthe-et-Moselle
- Han-sur-Nied in Moselle
Korea
- Korea, an abbreviation for "Hanguk" (한국, 韓國), the Korean language name for Korea
Iran
- Han, Iran, a village in Sistan and Baluchestan Province
Turkey
Writing systems
- Han characters (漢字, Pinyin: Hanzi, often referred to as Chinese characters)
- Hangul (한글 Hangeul), the Korean alphabet
- Hanja (한자, 漢字), Han characters used for the Korean language
- Han unification (Han character glyph unification) in Unicode
- Hán, used in Vietnamese orthography
Other uses
- Han (cultural), a Korean cultural concept of lament
- Han (trilobite), a monotypic genus
- Caravanserai (Turkish: han)
- Han school, an educational establishment in Japan during the Edo period
- Han Solo, a Star Wars character
- Han system (藩), a term for feudal clan or fief in Japan
- HAN University of Applied Sciences, in the Netherlands
- Han Vodka
- Hanwell railway station, in England
- Health Alert Network, a program of the United States Centers for Disease Control
- Hindaun City railway station, in India
- Home network, a type of local area network
- Hospitality Association of Namibia
- Hydroxylammonium nitrate, a rocket fuel oxidizer and monopropellant
- Khan (title), or Han in Chinese transliteration, originally Central Asian title for a sovereign or military ruler
- Noi Bai International Airport, serving Hanoi, Vietnam
- Samhan, three confederacies of chiefdoms on the southern Korean peninsula in the Proto-Three Han Kingdoms Period
- Type 091 submarine, the first nuclear powered submarine class (SSN) deployed by China's People's Liberation Army Navy
See also
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