韩

韓
Hán
noun #4,288

Meanings

  1. 1 Korea; Korean
  2. 2 Han (surname)
  3. 3 Han (ancient state)

Examples

HSK 1
Tā shì Hánguó rén.
He is Korean.
HSK 3
Hán lǎoshī jiāo wǒmen shùxué.
Teacher Han teaches us math.

Tips

usage
韩 alone often refers to South Korea in modern usage (short for 韩国). As a surname, it is one of the most common Chinese family names.

Components

radical
韦 wéi
tanned leather
Tanned-leather radical (Kangxi 178) - the right side. Originally meant 'to surround' (depicting feet around an enclosure) before being borrowed for leather. 韩 is now used almost exclusively as a surname and as the abbreviation for Korea (韩国).
phonetic
龺 gàn
stem element (early-morning glyph)
The 8-stroke left side - historically related to the early-morning glyph also seen in 朝 and 乾. In 韩 it provides the syllable hán (drifted from gàn / hàn series). Visually it stacks 十 + 日 + 十 vertically; it has no productive standalone use today and is best memorised as the 'left side of 韩, 朝, 乾'.

Stroke Order

韩 Hán