懂中文 Dong Chinese

汉

hàn

Chinese people

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 𦰩 represents the sound. In simplified characters, the 𦰩 component is abbreviated to 又.

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

又 simplified component

又  Simplified component

yòu

  

(hand), again

Shorthand for the 𦰩 component in the traditional character 漢.

Evolution

汉 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
汉 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
汉 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
汉 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
汉 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

汉 (漢) 

hàn

the Chinese people, Chinese language; man

汉 (漢) 

Hàn

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

Most common words with 汉
Freq.
Word
Meaning

汉

man

武汉

Wuhan city on Changjiang, subprovincial city and capital of Hubei province

汉堡

Hamburg (German city)

汉城

Hanseong, former name of Seoul (capital of South Korea), replaced in 2005 with 首爾|首尔[Shǒu​'ěr]

汉语

Chinese language