| | 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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| | to keep in the mouth / to contain | HSK 4 |
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| | to yell / to shout / to call out for (a person) | HSK 2 |
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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 / Chinese (language) / the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) | |
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| | man | |
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| | "cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27), occurring in 原, 历, 压 etc | |
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| | Han ethnic group, the majority ethnic group in China | |
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| | perspiration / sweat / CL: 滴, 頭｜头, 身 / to be speechless (out of helplessness, embarrassment etc) (Internet slang used as an interjection) | HSK 5 |
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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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| | Hua Tuo (c. 145–208), physician of the Eastern Han dynasty | |
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| | the Han river in Guangdong | |
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| | (literary) (of a tiger) to growl; to roar | |
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| | Former Han dynasty (206 BC-8 AD), also called 西漢｜西汉, Western Han dynasty | |
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| | Han Yanzhi (1131-?), Song dynasty botanist, author of classification of orange trees 橘錄｜橘录 | |
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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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| | Yuan Shao (153-202), general during late Han, subsequently warlord | |
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| | Chu-Han Contention (206-202 BC), power struggle between Liu Bang 劉邦｜刘邦 of Han and Xiang Yu 項羽｜项羽 of Chu | |
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| | the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) | |
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| | original path / essay by Tang philosopher Han Yu 韓愈｜韩愈 | |
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| | small dike | |
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| | interactions between heaven and mankind (Han Dynasty doctrine) | |
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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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| | Jia Yi (200-168 BC), Chinese poet and statesman of the Western Han Dynasty | |
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| | de-Sinicization and rejection of Han culture | |
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| | another name for Han Fei 韓非｜韩非, Legalist philosopher (c. 280-233 BC) / Han Feizi, book of Legalist Philosophy authored by Han Fei 韓非｜韩非 during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC) | |
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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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| | to weld; to braze; to solder | HSK 7-9 |
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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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| | drought | HSK 7-9 |
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| | Marquis (highest Han dynasty ducal title meaning lord of 10,000 households) / high nobles | |
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| | ancient people of central Asia during the Han dynasty | |
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| | the eight giants of Tang and Song prose, esp. involved in the Classics movement 古文運動｜古文运动, namely: Han Yu 韓愈｜韩愈, Liu Zongyuan 柳宗元, Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修｜欧阳修, the three Su's 三蘇｜三苏, Wang Anshi 王安石, Zeng Gong 曾鞏｜曾巩 | |
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| | Eastern or later Han dynasty, 25-220 | |
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| | descendants of the Fiery Emperor and the Yellow Emperor (i.e. Han Chinese people) | |
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| | Emperor Wu of the Han dynasty (141-87 BC) | |
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| | Han Dynasty | |
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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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| | Zhuge Liang (181–234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢｜蜀汉 during the Three Kingdoms period / the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義｜三国演义, where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius / (fig.) a mastermind | |
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| | Wang Zhaojun (52-19 BC), famous beauty at the court of Han emperor Yuan 漢元帝｜汉元帝, one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女 | |
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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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| | Zhang Qian (-114 BC), Han dynasty explorer of 2nd century BC | |
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| | traditional Han Chinese attire (including various styles of clothing worn by the Han ethnic group before the Qing Dynasty, and in the 21st century, revived as part of a cultural movement) / clothing styles of the Han dynasty | |
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| | lit. a reincarnation of Hua Tuo, the legendary physician of the Eastern Han Dynasty (idiom) / fig. a highly skilled and virtuous doctor; a miracle-working physician | |
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| | to contain / to include / culvert | |
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| | Hongmen feast / (fig.) banquet set up with the aim of murdering a guest / refers to a famous episode in 206 BC when future Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦｜刘邦 escaped attempted murder by his rival Xiang Yu 項羽｜项羽 | |
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| | Sichuan / originally two provinces of Qin and Han | |
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| | Minister of War (official title in pre-Han Chinese states) / two-character surname Sima | |
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| | cold / poor / to tremble | |
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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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| | Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) / refers to the Western Han and Eastern Han | |
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| | History of Eastern Han (later Han), third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, composed by Fan Ye 范曄｜范晔 in 445 during Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋, 120 scrolls | |
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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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| | chief accounting officer / controller / comptroller / (Han Dynasty) treasurer | |
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| | ministerial title in imperial China (in the Qin and Han dynasties, the minister responsible for the imperial stables) | |
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| | (idiom) Zhu Yun breaks the railing (Zhu Yun was a Han Dynasty official who accused the emperor's tutor of corruption, and when sentenced to death, clung to the palace hall railing so fiercely while demanding justice that he broke it); (fig.) to speak the truth with unwavering courage; to admonish fearlessly / also pr. [zhu1yun2-she2jian4] | |
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| | lit. rich country, strong army (idiom); slogan of legalist philosophers in pre-Han times / Make the country wealthy and the military powerful, slogan of modernizers in Qing China and Meiji Japan (Japanese pronunciation: Fukoku kyōhei) | |
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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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| | Sima Qian (145-86 BC), Han Dynasty historian, author of Records of the Grand Historian 史記｜史记, known as the father of Chinese historiography | |
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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 Dynasty term for the Roman Empire 羅馬帝國｜罗马帝国 | |
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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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| | Treatise 134 BC by Han dynasty philosopher Dong Zhongshu 董仲舒 | |
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| | Liu An (179-122 BC), King of Huainan under the Western Han, ordered the writing of the 淮南子 | |
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| | Liu Shan (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263 / Taiwan pr. [Liu2 Chan2] | |
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| | Han River | |
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| | the Qin (221-207 BC) and Han (206 BC-220 AD) dynasties | |
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| | Lelang commandery (108 BC-313 AD), one of four Han dynasty commanderies in north Korea | |
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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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| | 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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| | Yuan Emperor, reign name of Han Dynasty emperor Liu Shi 劉奭｜刘奭, (74-33 BC), reigned 48-33 BC | |
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| | Wei, Jin and North-South dynasties / generic term for historic period 220-589 between Han and Sui | |
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| | Sima Tan (-110 BC), Han dynasty scholar and historian, and father of 司馬遷｜司马迁 | |
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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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| | Han Han (1982-), PRC blogger, singer and professional rally driver | |
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| | Xiang Yu the Conqueror (232-202 BC), warlord defeated by first Han emperor | |
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| | nickname of Han dynasty general Li Guang 李廣｜李广 | |
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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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| | master craftsman / Han dynasty official title | |
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| | to abolish the feudal Han and introduce modern prefectures (refers to reorganization during Meiji Japan) | |
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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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| | small clam (Arca inflata) | |
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| | to shake / to vibrate | |
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| | the Yuezhi, an ancient people of central Asia during the Han dynasty (also written 月氏) | |
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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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| | White Tiger Hall, a Han dynasty palace hall in which the famous Virtuous Discussions Held in White Tiger Hall 白虎通德論｜白虎通德论 were held under the aegis of Han Emperor Zhang 漢章帝｜汉章帝 | |
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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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| | Daniel Han Kuo-yu (1957-), Taiwanese KMT politician, mayor of Kaohsiung since 2018 | |
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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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| | candidate who came second in the Han-lin examination / see 狀元｜状元 | |
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| | Western Regions (Han Dynasty term for regions beyond Yumen Pass 玉門關｜玉门关) | |
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| | Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) | |
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| | literary journal published in 1892–93 by Han Bangqing 韓邦慶｜韩邦庆 featuring serialized novels in Classical Chinese and Jiangsu vernacular | |
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| | Cheng Bushi, Han dynasty general | |
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| | Mawangdui in Changsha, Hunan, a recent Han dynasty archaeological site | |
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| | Mt Mang at Luoyang in Henan, with many Han, Wei and Jin dynasty royal tombs | |
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| | Han Chinese name for an ancient Central Asia country | |
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| | Songs of Chu, an anthology of poetic songs, many from the state of Chu 楚, collected in the Han dynasty 漢朝｜汉朝 | |
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| | the Manchu Han imperial feast, a legendary banquet in the Qing dynasty / (fig.) a sumptuous banquet | |
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| | bamboo slip used for record keeping during the Han Dynasty | |
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