可汗

kèhán

noun #23,632

Measure Word

一位可汗 wèi

Meanings

1 khan
2 khagan (ruler's title among Mongol and Turkic peoples)

Characters

phonetic (kan-) / also means 'can / permissible'

phonetic (-han) / also means sweat

Examples

成吉思汗是蒙古帝国的首位大可汗。

Chéngjísīhán shì Měnggǔ dìguó de shǒu wèi dà kèhán.

Genghis Khan was the first Great Khan of the Mongol Empire.

可汗制度在突厥各族中广泛存在。

Kèhán zhìdù zài Tūjué gè zú zhōng guǎngfàn cúnzài.

The khan system was widespread among Turkic peoples.

Tips

culture

可汗 (kèhán) is a loanword from Mongolian/Turkic 'khan' (also spelled 'qaghan' historically). It was the supreme title for rulers of steppe empires including the Xiongnu, Rouran, Göktürks, and Mongols. In Chinese, it appears in the famous Mulan ballad (木兰辞): 可汗大点兵 — 'the Khan is mustering a great army.'

Stroke Order

可 kě

汗 hàn