| | home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL: 個｜个 | HSK 1 |
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| | the Qin (221-207 BC) and Han (206 BC-220 AD) dynasties | |
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| | Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中｜罗贯中, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, portraying Liu Bei's 劉備｜刘备 Shu Han 蜀漢｜蜀汉 as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操 Wei 魏 as villains | |
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| | Han ethnic group | |
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| | Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-8 AD), also called 前漢｜前汉, Former Han Dynasty | |
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| | Diaochan (-192), one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女, in fiction a famous beauty at the break-up of Han dynasty, given as concubine to usurping warlord Dong Zhuo 董卓 to ensure his overthrow by fighting hero Lü Bu 呂布｜吕布 | |
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| | Han Zheng (1954-), senior vice premier of the PRC (2018-) | |
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| | government post in Han dynasty | |
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| | Tian Han (1898-1968), author of the words of the PRC national anthem March of the Volunteer Army 義勇軍進行曲｜义勇军进行曲 | |
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| | the Yuezhi, an ancient people of central Asia during the Han dynasty (also written 月氏) | |
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| | Emperor Xian of Han (181-234), the final Han emperor, set up by Dong Zhuo 董卓, reigned 189-220, forced to abdicate 220 by Cao Pi 曹丕 | |
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| | Han ethnic group / Chinese (language) / the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) | |
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| | Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei 曹魏, father of Emperor Cao Pi 曹丕 / the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義｜三国演义 | |
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| | non-Han people, esp. from central Asia / reckless / outrageous / what? / why? / to complete a winning hand at mahjong (also written 和) | |
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| | reign name (196-219) at the end of the Han dynasty | |
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| | (lit.) village of three households / the Three Family Village, an essay column in a Beijing newspaper from 1961-1966, written by Deng Tuo 鄧拓｜邓拓, Wu Han 吳晗｜吴晗 and Liao Mosha 廖沫沙, criticized as anti-Party during the Cultural Revolution | |
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| | short name for Sichuan 四川 province / one of the Three Kingdoms 三國｜三国 after the Han dynasty, also called 蜀漢｜蜀汉, situated around what is now Sichuan province | |
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| | non-Han tribes in the east and north of ancient China / barbarians | |
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| | imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨, cutting off the nose 劓, amputation of one or both feet 刖, castration 宮｜宫, execution 大辟 / Han dynasty onwards: whipping 笞, beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns 杖, forced labor 徒, exile or banishment 流, capital punishment 死 | |
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| | the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) | |
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| | South Korea (Republic of Korea) / (historical) Han, one of the Seven Warring States 戰國七雄｜战国七雄 | |
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| | Han, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄｜战国七雄 / Korea from the fall of the Joseon dynasty in 1897 / Korea, esp. South Korea 大韓民國｜大韩民国 / surname Han | |
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| | see 犂靬, Han dynasty name for countries in far West | |
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| | surname Han / Taiwan pr. [Gan3] | |
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| | Han Dynasty term for the Roman Empire 羅馬帝國｜罗马帝国 | |
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| | Western Regions (Han Dynasty term for regions beyond Yumen Pass 玉門關｜玉门关) | |
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| | Eastern Barbarians, non-Han tribe living to the east of China c 2200 BC | |
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| | Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) | |
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| | History of the Former Han Dynasty, second of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, composed by Ban Gu 班固 in 82 during Eastern Han (later Han), 100 scrolls | |
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| | Shuowen Jiezi, the earliest systematic Chinese character dictionary, compiled by Xu Shen 許慎｜许慎 in the Eastern Han dynasty (2nd century), containing 10,516 entries | |
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| | Xiongnu, a people of the Eastern Steppe who created an empire that flourished around the time of the Qin and Han dynasties | |
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| | Xiang Yu the Conqueror (232-202 BC), warlord defeated by first Han emperor | |
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| | refers to the Yellow Turbans Peasant Uprising at the end of later Han (from 184) | |
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| | Dong Zhuo (-192), top general of late Han, usurped power in 189, murdered empress dowager and child emperor, killed in 192 by Lü Bu 呂布｜吕布 | |
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| | Liu Bang (256 or 247-195 BC), bandit leader who became first Han emperor Han Gaozu 漢高祖｜汉高祖 (reigned 202-195 BC) | |
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| | surname Wei / name of a vassal state of the Zhou dynasty from 661 BC in Shanxi, one of the Seven Hero Warring States / Wei state, founded by Cao Cao 曹操, one of the Three Kingdoms after the Han dynasty / the Wei dynasty 221–265 / Wei Prefecture or Wei County at various times in history | |
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| | surname Di / generic name for northern ethnic minorities during the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 BC-220 AD) | |
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| | Zhou Bo (?-169 BC), military man and politician at the Qin-Han transition, a founding minister of Western Han | |
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| | Minister of War (official title in pre-Han Chinese states) / two-character surname Sima | |
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| | Han River | |
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| | Shu Han (c. 200-263), Liu Bei's kingdom in Sichuan during the Three Kingdoms, claiming legitimacy as successor of Han | |
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| | xiaolian, two examination subjects in Han, later a single subject in Ming and Qing / successful second degree candidate | |
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| | (idiom) military title said to have existed in the Han dynasty, allegedly granted to officials tasked with retrieving gold from tombs to fund military campaigns; (in popular fiction) tomb raider | |
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| | Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) / refers to the Western Han and Eastern Han | |
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| | Han Shichang (1897-1977), actor specializing in Kunqu opera 崑曲｜昆曲 | |
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| | (Han dynasty) official in command of an army responsible for maintaining law and order in the capital | |
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| | historian from Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋, author of History of Eastern Han 後漢書｜后汉书 | |
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| | non-Han people, esp. to the East of China / barbarians / to wipe out / to exterminate / to tear down / to raze | |
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| | Sichuan / originally two provinces of Qin and Han | |
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| | Hua Tuo (c. 145–208), physician of the Eastern Han dynasty | |
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| | Han Chinese person or people | |
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| | Han River (Hanshui) | |
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| | surname Di / variant of 狄, generic name for northern ethnic minorities during the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 BC-220 AD) | |
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| | Han Fei, also known as Han Feizi 韓非子｜韩非子 (c. 280-233 BC), Legalist philosopher of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC) | |
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| | Hankou, part of Wuhan 武漢｜武汉 at the junction of Han river and Changjiang in Hubei | |
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| | small barbarian kingdom in southern China during the Han dynasty | |
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| | Han Dynasty | |
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| | the Manchu Han imperial feast, a legendary banquet in the Qing dynasty / (fig.) a sumptuous banquet | |
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| | (fig.) gulf; chasm; wide gap / (originally) the Hong Canal in Henan, which in ancient times formed the border between enemies Chu 楚 and Han 漢｜汉 | |
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| | waist drum / waist-drum dance (Han ethnic group folk dance) | |
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| | Mawangdui in Changsha, Hunan, a recent Han dynasty archaeological site | |
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| | Qinling Mountain Range in Shaanxi forming a natural barrier between the Guanzhong Plain 關中平原｜关中平原 and the Han River 漢水｜汉水 valley | |
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| | Hans (name) / Reims (city in France) | |
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| | Sichuan / the state of Shu in Sichuan at different periods / the Shu Han dynasty (214-263) of Liu Bei 劉備｜刘备 during the Three Kingdoms | |
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| | copious / plentiful (of water) / surging (of waves) / refers to home village of first Han emperor 漢高祖｜汉高祖 / fig. majestic | |
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| | Yumen Pass, or Jade Gate, western frontier post on the Silk Road in the Han Dynasty, west of Dunhuang, in Gansu | |
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| | Hakka ethnic group, a subgroup of the Han that in the 13th century migrated from northern China to the south | |
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| | Yuan Shao (153-202), general during late Han, subsequently warlord | |
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| | various sages / refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism 儒 represented by Confucius 孔子 and Mencius 孟子, Daoism 道 by Laozi 老子 and Zhuangzi 莊子｜庄子, Mohism 墨 by Mozi 墨子, Legalism 法 by Sunzi 孫子｜孙子 and Han Feizi 韓非子｜韩非子, and numerous others | |
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| | A-dou, nickname of Liu Shan 劉禪｜刘禅 (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263 / (fig.) weak and inept person | |
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| | Later Han or Eastern Han dynasty (25-220) / Later Han of the Five Dynasties (947-950) | |
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| | Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) | |
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| | Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 說文｜说文 - namely, two primary methods: 象形 (pictogram), 指事 (ideogram), two compound methods: 會意｜会意 (combined ideogram), 形聲｜形声 (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借 (loan), 轉注｜转注 (transfer) | |
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| | Su Wu (140-60 BC), Han Dynasty diplomat and statesman, regarded as a model of courage and faithful service | |
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| | sinology / Chinese studies (in foreign schools) / Han Learning, a Qing dynasty movement aiming at a philological appraisal of the Classics | |
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| | abbr. for generals Wei Qing 衛青｜卫青 and Huo Qubing 霍去病 of Western Han 西漢｜西汉, famous for their success in quelling the Xiongnu barbarian invaders | |
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| | candidate who came second in the Han-lin examination / see 狀元｜状元 | |
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| | Lintun Commandery (108 BC–c. 300 AD), one of four Han dynasty commanderies in north Korea | |
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| | descendants of the Fiery Emperor and the Yellow Emperor (i.e. Han Chinese people) | |
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| | Former Han dynasty (206 BC-8 AD), also called 西漢｜西汉, Western Han dynasty | |
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| | shadbush or shadberry (genus Amelanchier) / name for a stable during the Han Dynasty | |
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| | surname Pi / Han dynasty county in present-day Jiangsu / also pr. [Pei2] | |
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| | Mt Mang at Luoyang in Henan, with many Han, Wei and Jin dynasty royal tombs | |
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| | Mt Mang at Luoyang in Henan, with many Han, Wei and Jin dynasty royal tombs | |
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| | place in Hubei, the starting point for a major rebellion at the end of Western Han / also pr. [Lu:4 lin2] | |
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| | lit. raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom), alluding to Han Xin 韓信｜韩信 being made Grand General 大將軍｜大将军 / fig. a situation where one's success and failure are both due to the same factor | |
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| | Marquis (highest Han dynasty ducal title meaning lord of 10,000 households) / high nobles | |
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| | de-Sinicization and rejection of Han culture | |
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| | Han Yu (768-824), Tang dynasty essayist and poet, advocate of the classical writing 古文運動｜古文运动 and neoclassical 復古｜复古 movements | |
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| | tribute paid by Han dynasty tribes | |
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| | Han of the Five dynasties (951-979), one of ten kingdoms during the Five Dynasties, Ten Kingdoms period (907-960) | |
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| | divination combined with mystical Confucian philosopy, prevalent during the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220) | |
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| | ancient people of central Asia during the Han dynasty | |
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| | Zhou Dynasty term for a northern nomadic tribe later called the Xiongnu 匈奴 in the Qin and Han Dynasties | |
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| | formal wife of a Xiongnu chief during the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) | |
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| | (literary) Han people / descendants of nobles | |
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| | Liu Bei (161-223), warlord at the end of the Han dynasty and founder of the Han kingdom of Shu 蜀漢｜蜀汉 (c. 200-263), later the Shu Han dynasty | |
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| | name of a state during Han Dynasty | |
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| | Han Xin (-196 BC), famous general of first Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦｜刘邦 | |
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| | miscellany of writing from the Western Han (aka Former Han) | |
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