| | 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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| | Chinese character / CL: 個｜个 / Japanese: kanji / Korean: hanja / Vietnamese: hán tự | HSK 1 |
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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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| | 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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| | Han ethnic group / Chinese (language) / the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) | |
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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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| | 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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| | South Korea (Republic of Korea) / 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 | |
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| | Luoyang prefecture-level city in Henan, an old capital from pre-Han times | |
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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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| | Minister of War (official title in pre-Han Chinese states) / two-character surname Sima | |
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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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| | Hakka ethnic group, a subgroup of the Han that in the 13th century migrated from northern China to the south | |
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| | surname Han | |
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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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| | (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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| | tribute paid by Han dynasty tribes | |
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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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| | burly fellow / Han Dynasty | |
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| | pre-Han name for Nanjing / common place name | |
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| | Western Regions (Han Dynasty term for regions beyond Yumen Pass 玉門關｜玉门关) | |
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| | traditional Han Chinese dress | |
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| | the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) | |
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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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| | reign name (196-219) at the end of the Han dynasty | |
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| | Han ethnic group | |
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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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| | Mt Mang at Luoyang in Henan, with many Han, Wei and Jin dynasty royal tombs | |
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| | name of a state during Han Dynasty | |
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| | surname Han / Taiwan pr. [Gan3] | |
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| | Eastern or later Han dynasty, 25-220 | |
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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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| | the Qin (221-207 BC) and Han (206 BC-220 AD) dynasties | |
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| | Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-8 AD), also called 前漢｜前汉, Former Han Dynasty | |
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| | shadbush or shadberry (genus Amelanchier) / name for a stable during the Han Dynasty | |
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| | Han River | |
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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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| | 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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| | 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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| | refers to the Yellow Turbans Peasant Uprising at the end of later Han (from 184) | |
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| | Hans (name) / Reims (city in France) | |
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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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| | Xiang Yu the Conqueror (232-202 BC), warlord defeated by first Han emperor | |
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| | Sichuan / originally two provinces of Qin and Han | |
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| | Hua Tuo (?-208), famous doctor at the end of Han Dynasty | |
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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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| | Han Chinese person or people | |
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| | Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) / refers to the Western Han and Eastern Han | |
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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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| | (literary) seal script used throughout the pre-Han period / to recite / to read (aloud) | |
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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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| | sinology / Chinese studies (in foreign schools) / Han Learning, a Qing dynasty movement aiming at a philological appraisal of the Classics | |
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| | Han River (Hanshui) | |
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| | Huangfu Song (-195), later Han general and warlord | |
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| | Han Dynasty term for the Roman Empire 羅馬帝國｜罗马帝国 | |
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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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| | waist drum / waist-drum dance (Han ethnic group folk dance) | |
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| | Later Han or Eastern Han dynasty (25-220) / Later Han of the Five Dynasties (947-950) | |
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| | Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) | |
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| | Eastern Barbarians, non-Han tribe living to the east of China c 2200 BC | |
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| | small barbarian kingdom in southern China during the 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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| | surname Pi / Han dynasty county in present-day Jiangsu / also pr. [Pei2] | |
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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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| | 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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| | miscellany of writing from the Western Han (aka Former Han) | |
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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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| | descendants of the Fiery Emperor and the Yellow Emperor (i.e. Han Chinese people) | |
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| | ancient place name (a Han dynasty town in Shaanxi) / variant of 邰 | |
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| | non-Han tribes in the east and north of ancient China / barbarians | |
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| | Mt Mang at Luoyang in Henan, with many Han, Wei and Jin dynasty royal tombs | |
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| | Former Han dynasty (206 BC-8 AD), also called 西漢｜西汉, Western Han dynasty | |
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| | Shuowen Jiezi, the original Han dynasty Chinese character dictionary with 10,516 entries, authored by Xu Shen 許慎｜许慎 in 2nd century | |
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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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| | 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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| | Mawangdui in Changsha, Hunan, a recent Han dynasty archaeological site | |
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| | ancient people of central Asia during the Han dynasty | |
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| | candidate who came second in the Han-lin examination / see 狀元｜状元 | |
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| | Ban Chao (33-102), noted Han diplomat and military man | |
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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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| | Sun Ce (175-200), general and major warlord of the Later Han Dynasty | |
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| | Marquis (highest Han dynasty ducal title meaning lord of 10,000 households) / high nobles | |
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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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| | a Han family name (surname) / (esp.) a Han surname adopted by a person of another ethnic group | |
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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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| | 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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| | Zhou Dynasty term for a northern nomadic tribe later called the Xiongnu 匈奴 in the Qin and Han Dynasties | |
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| | Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) | |
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| | see 犂靬, Han dynasty name for countries in far West | |
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| | Han Xin (-196 BC), famous general of first Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦｜刘邦 | |
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| | Xiao He (-193 BC), famous strategist and chancellor, fought on Liu Bang's 劉邦｜刘邦 side during the Chu-Han Contention 楚漢戰爭｜楚汉战争 | |
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| | Yang Ye (died 986), Chinese military general of the Northern Han and the Northern Song dynasties, defended the Song against invasion by the Liao 遼｜辽 | |
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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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| | Five non-Han people, namely: Huns or Xiongnu 匈奴, Xianbei 鮮卑｜鲜卑, Jie 羯, Di 氐, Qiang 羌, esp. in connection with the Sixteen Kingdoms 304-439 五胡十六國｜五胡十六国 | |
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| | common term for non-Han peoples in former times, not exclusively derogatory / barbarian | |
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| | Sun Jian (155-191), famous general at end of Han dynasty, forerunner of the southern kingdom of Wu of the Three Kingdoms | |
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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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| | Zheng Xuan (127-200), late Han scholar | |
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