Han

Han may refer to:

East Asian history

• Han (Western Zhou state) (韓) (11th century BC – 757 BC), a state during the Spring and Autumn period
• Han (state) (韓) (403  BC – 230  BC), a state during the Warring States period
• Han dynasty (漢/汉) (206 BC – 220 AD), a dynasty split into 2 eras, Western Han and Eastern Han
  • Shu Han (蜀漢) (221–263), a Han Chinese dynasty that existed during the Three Kingdoms Period
• Former Zhao (304–329), one of the Sixteen Kingdoms, known as Han (漢) before 319
• Cheng Han (成漢) (304–347), one of the Sixteen Kingdoms, known as Han (漢) after 338
• Former Shu (前蜀) (907–925), a state during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, known as Han (漢) between 917 and 918
• Southern Han (南漢) (917–971), a state during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
• Later Han (Five Dynasties) (後漢) (947–951), a state during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
  • Northern Han (北漢)(951–979), successor to Later Han, also during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
• Chen Han (漢) (1360–1364), an insurgent middle Yangtze state in the late Yuan Dynasty
• Han system (藩), a term for feudal clan or fief in Japan
• Samhan (삼한, 三韓), three ancient kingdoms in the Korean Peninsula
• Khan (title), or Han(汗) in Chinese transliteration, originally Central Asian title for a sovereign or military ruler

Places

Belgium

• Han-sur-Lesse, Rochefort

France

• Han-sur-Meuse in Meuse
• Han-devant-Pierrepont in Meurthe-et-Moselle
• Han-sur-Nied in Moselle

Korea

• Korea, an abbreviation for "Hanguk" (한국, 韓國), the Korean name for Korea (South Korea)

Iran

• Han, Iran, a village in Sistan and Baluchestan Province

Turkey

• Han, Eskişehir

Arts, entertainment, and media

• Han Solo, a Star Wars character
• The Airlords of Han, the sequel to the sci-fi novella Armageddon 2419 A.D.
• "Han," the 4th episode of the 5th season of the American TV drama The West Wing

People

Ethnic groups

• Hän, a First Nations people of Canada
  • Hän language
• Han Chinese
• Han People or Koreans

Name

• Han (name), a given name and surname
  • Han (Chinese surname), also Haan, Hahn or Hann, the Romanized spelling of many Chinese family names: 漢, 韓(韩), 邗, 罕, 寒, 憨, etc.
  • Han (Korean surname), (한, 韓 or 漢), also romanized as "Hahn"

Education

• Han school, an educational establishment in Japan during the Edo period
• HAN University of Applied Sciences, in the Netherlands

Languages

• Hän language (ISO 639-3: haa), an indigenous language of North America
• Chinese languages (漢語, Pinyin: Hanyu, Chinese language)
• Hangaza language (ISO 639-3: han), a Bantu language of Tanzania
• Korean language (한국어 Hangug-eo), as known in south Korea

Writing systems

• Hán, used in Vietnamese orthography
• Han characters (漢字, Pinyin: Hanzi, often referred to as Chinese characters)
• Han unification (Han character glyph unification) in Unicode
• Hangul (한글 Hangeul), the Korean alphabet
• Hanja (한자, 漢字), Han characters used for the Korean language

Transportation

• Hanwell railway station, in England
• Hindaun City railway station, in India
• Noi Bai International Airport, serving Hanoi, Vietnam

Other uses

• Han (cultural), a Korean cultural concept of lament
• Han (trilobite), a monotypic genus
• Caravanserai (Turkish: han)
• Han Vodka
• Health Alert Network ("HAN"), a program of the United States Centers for Disease Control
• Home network, a type of local area network
• Hospitality Association of Namibia
• Hydroxylammonium nitrate, a rocket fuel oxidizer and monopropellant
• Type 091 submarine, the first nuclear powered submarine class (SSN) deployed by China's People's Liberation Army Navy

See also

• Hahn (disambiguation)
• Han River (disambiguation)
• Hans (disambiguation)