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Kanji Detail for 漢 - "man"

漢

  • Meaning

    漢 means "man." Also associated with han river, milky way.

    1. Han River - A major river flowing through China.

    2. Man - A male person; a term for men.

    3. Milky Way - The galaxy visible as a river of stars.

    4. Han Dynasty - An ancient Chinese dynasty; Chinese-related matters.

    5. Han people - The ethnic majority of China.

    6. China - Reference to Chinese culture and civilization.

  • Words using 漢

    • 漢字 かんじ Listen kanji; Chinese character
    • 漢文 かんぶん Listen Chinese classical writing; Chinese classics; writing composed entirely of kanji
    • 痴漢 ちかん Listen molester; groper; masher
    • 漢語 かんご Listen Japanese word of Chinese origin; Sino-Japanese word; language of the Han people
    • 漢和 かんわ Listen China and Japan; Chinese and Japanese (languages); dictionary with Japanese definitions of kanji and kanji compounds
    • 常用漢字 じょうようかんじ Listen jōyō kanji; kanji for common use; list of 2,136 kanji designated for common use (introduced in 1981, revised in 2010)

  • Four-character idioms with 漢

    • 和魂漢才 わこんかんさい Listen the Japanese spirit imbued with Chinese learning
    • 没分暁漢 ぼつぶんぎょうかん Listen obstinate person; blockhead
    • 没風流漢 ぼつふうりゅうかん Listen prosaic person; person of an unromantic turn of mind; philistine

  • Tattoo check: 漢

    • Verified meaning: man
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read かん, はた)
    • Also carries these associations: han river, milky way

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 漢

    Given names 漢(かん)Listen

    Surnames 漢(はた)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    Sino-; China

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    the Chinese people, Chinese language

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Han ethnic group; Chinese (language); the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    Chinese people; Chinese language

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A river name. A great river of Hubei. Its upper reaches are the Mian River, originating in Ningqiang County, Shaanxi. Flows east into Hubei and enters the Yangtze at Hanyang. Its lower reaches are commonly called the Xiang River. | The Milky Way. As in 雲漢 (cloud river), 銀漢 (silver river). | Dynasty name. Han Gaozu Liu Bang destroyed Qin and took the realm, naming the dynasty Han. Also called Former Han or Western Han (206 BCE). Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu restored it, called Later Han or Eastern Han in history. When the realm was divided into three, Emperor Zhaolie Liu Bei ascended the throne in Shu, called Shu Han in history. The three eras totaled twenty-six emperors over 464 years. | During the Five Dynasties, Liu Zhiyuan succeeded Jin as emperor, naming the dynasty Han (947 CE), with two rulers over four years. During Western Jin, Liu Yuan declared himself emperor in Shanxi, naming the dynasty Han. During the Five Dynasties, Liu Chong held Shanxi as Northern Han, and Liu Yin held Guangdong as Southern Han. | A name for China. During the Han dynasty, military power extended to foreign countries. Until Wei and Jin and after, foreigners still called China Han. Even Chinese called themselves Han, as in colloquially calling men 漢子 (fellow). Also, the indigenous people of China proper are called 漢人 (Han people), in contrast to Manchu, Mongol, Hui, Tibetan, Miao and other ethnic groups.

  • Onyomi

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    kan(カン) カン

  • Kunyomi

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    none

  • Strokes

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    13 strokes

  • Radical

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    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords

    han river man milky way male china han dynasty han people galaxy celestial history culture men dynasty calligraphy literature

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