汉(hàn)

HSK 15 strokesTrad. 漢

Han ethnic group

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Character information

Pinyin
hàn
Meaning
Han ethnic group; Chinese (language); the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
Strokes
5
HSK level
HSK 1
Traditional
漢

Origin & structure

Where 汉 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰氵又

Simplified form of 漢; the Han 𦰩 river 氵

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

氵shuǐ又yòu

Parts are arranged left to right.

Traditional form 漢: The Han 𦰩 river 氵

How to write 汉 step by step

5 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 汉

Common words using 汉 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

tōu偷hàn汉

(of a woman) to take a lover

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xiān先hàn汉

Western Han dynasty (206 BC–8 AD), aka 西汉

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liǎng两hàn汉

Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD); refers to the Western Han and Eastern Han

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dān单shēn身hàn汉

bachelor; single man

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guó国jiā家hàn汉bàn办

Office of Chinese Language Council International (known colloquially as "Hanban"), an o…

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dà大hàn汉

Han Dynasty

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hǎo好hàn汉

hero

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xuān宣hàn汉

see 宣汉县

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