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漢
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4 · han4
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- (～水, ～江) Han River, a major tributary of the Yangtze River
- (literary) the Milky Way; by extension, the sky; the heavens
- (～江) Han River, a river in Korea
- (～朝) the Han dynasty
- (historical) the Han state or empire; its court, institutions, territory, or subjects
- (historical) a state, dynasty, or regime named Han, such as 蜀漢／蜀汉 (Shǔ Hàn), 成漢／成汉 (Chénghàn), 南漢／南汉 (Nánhàn), 後漢／后汉 (Hòuhàn), 北漢／北汉 (Běihàn), or the Han state of Chen Youliang
- (historical, by extension) China; the Chinese realm; the Chinese or Han Chinese people; the Sinitic world, especially as contrasted with non-Han peoples
- Han Chinese; the Han ethnicity
- Chinese; Sinitic; Han; of or relating to China, Han Chinese culture, Chinese writing, Chinese learning, or the Chinese language
- man; fellow; guy, often in compounds
- (dialectal, colloquial) husband
- (Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien, rare) stature; build; body size
- (Wu, Ningbonese, rare) to boil; to cook by boiling
- (Classical Chinese, dialectal, rare) angry; irate
- (dialectal, rare) rash; reckless
- a surname
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