Han

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Han may refer to:

China

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) (206 BC – 220 AD), a dynasty split into 2 eras, Western Han and Eastern Han
- Shu Han (221–263), one of the Three Kingdoms
Han Zhao (304–329), one of the Sixteen Kingdoms, known as Han (漢) before 319
Cheng Han (304–347), one of the Sixteen Kingdoms, known as Han (漢) after 338
Former Shu (907–925), a state during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, known as Han (漢) between 917 and 918
Southern Han (漢) (917–971), a state during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
Later Han (Five Dynasties) (漢) (947–951), a state during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
- Northern Han (951–979), successor to Later Han, also during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
Han (漢) (1360–1363), an insurgent state founded by Chen Youliang in the Yuan Dynasty

China (漢), an abbreviation or adjectival modifier for things Chinese
Chinese language (漢語 Hanyu) or Chinese characters (漢字 Hanzi) or Chinese written language (漢文 Hanwen)
Han (surname), also Haan, Hahn or Hann, the Romanized spelling of many Chinese family names: 韓(韩), 邗, 罕, 寒, 憨, 漢, etc.
Han Chinese (漢族 Hanzu, 漢人 Hanren), the dominant majority ethnic group of China and overseas Chinese
Khan (title), or Han in Chinese transliteration, originally Central Asian title for a sovereign or military ruler
Han class submarine, or Type 091 submarine, the first nuclear powered submarine class (SSN) deployed by the People's Liberation Army Navy

Han (administrative division) (藩), a term for feudal clan or fief in Japan
Han characters
Han school, an educational establishment during the Edo period
Han, a wooden board hanging throughout a temple complex in a Zen monastery to alert monks of mealtime when out of range of the umpan

Han (cultural), a Korean cultural concept of lament
Han (Korean name), a Korean surname (한, 韓 or 漢), also romanized as "Hahn"
Korea, an abbreviation for "Hanguk" (한국, 韓國), the Korean language name for Korea
Korean language (한국어 Hangug-eo) or Hangul (한글 Hangeul)
an archaic Korean root meaning "great" or "leader"; transliterated into hanja as 韓, 幹, or 刊; see Names of Korea
Samhan, three confederacies of chiefdoms on the southern Korean peninsula in the Proto-Three Han Kingdoms Period

HAN, the International Air Transport Association code for Noi Bai International Airport serving Hanoi
Hán, a term describing the use of Chinese characters in writing Vietnamese language