漢人

Chinese

Han dynasty man; person; people
trad. (漢人)
simp. (汉人)
Literally: “people of the Han dynasty”.

Etymology

The autonymHan” is derived from the Han dynasty (206 BC–220 AD) in Chinese history.

Pronunciation


Noun

漢人

  1. Han Chinese (the largest ethnic group indigenous to China)
  2. (literary, historical) people of the Han dynasty

Synonyms


Japanese

Kanji in this term
かん
Grade: 3
じん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

漢人 (hiragana かんじん, rōmaji kanjin)

  1. a Han Chinese
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