韓

韓 (Kangxi radical 178, 韋+8, 17 strokes in Chinese, 18 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 十十木一手 (JJDMQ), four-corner 4445₆, composition ⿰龺韋)

• 𬉧, 𧃙

• 韩 (Simplified Chinese)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1394, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43159
• Dae Jaweon: page 1909, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4506, character 21
• Unihan data for U+97D3

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡaːn) : phonetic 倝 (OC *kaːns) + semantic 韋 (“surround”).

韓

1. (obsolete) fence surrounding a well; puteal
2. (～國) Han, a minor state that existed during the Western Zhou Dynasty and early Spring and Autumn period
3. (～國) Han, an ancient Chinese state during the Warring States period of ancient China

   • 李斯因說秦王，請先取韓以恐他國，於是使斯下韓。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     李斯因说秦王，请先取韩以恐他国，于是使斯下韩。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Lǐ Sī yīn shuì Qín wáng, qǐng xiān qǔ Hán yǐ kǒng tāguó, yúshì shǐ Sī xià Hán. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

4. (astronomy) The star Zeta Ophiuchi in traditional Chinese astronomy, named for the state

   Synonym: 天市右垣十一

5. a surname

   韓愈／韩愈  ―  Hán Yù  ―  Han Yu (Tang dynasty writer and government official)

6. (historical) common designation of Mahan, Byeonhan, and Jinhan, three ancient tribal federations located on the southern part of the Korean Peninsula
7. Short for 韓國／韩国 (Hánguó, “Korea (especially South Korea)”).

• → English: Han, Hon
• → Zhuang: hanz

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. Korea, Korean

• Go-on: がん (gan)
• Kan-on: かん (kan, Jōyō)
• Tō-on: はん (han)
• Kun: から (kara, 韓); いげた (igeta)

From Middle Chinese 韓 (MC han).

• IPA^(key): [kã̠ɴ]

韓(かん) • (Kan) 

1. Korea (now especially South Korea)
2. (historical) Han (ancient Chinese county, viscounty, and kingdom of the Zhou dynasty)
3. (historical) Short for 三韓 (Sankan, “Samhan”).

• (Tokyo) か​ら [káꜜrà] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ɾa̠]

韓(から) • (Kara) 

1. Alternative spelling of 唐 (Kara), specifically referring to Korea.

From Middle Chinese 韓 (MC han).

• (surname):
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ha̠n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [한]
• (Korea; historical placenames):
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ha̠(ː)n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [한(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Wikisource 韓 (eumhun 한국(韓國) 한 (Han'guk han))
韓 (eumhun 나라 이름 한 (nara ireum han))

1. Hanja form^? of 한 (“Korea, the Republic of Korea”).
2. Hanja form^? of 한 (“a surname.”).
3. (historical) Hanja form^? of 한 (“Han (ancient Chinese county, viscounty, and kingdom of the Zhou dynasty)”).
4. (historical) Hanja form^? of 한 (“common designation of Mahan, Byeonhan, and Jinhan”).

韓 • (Han) (hangeul 한)

1. (in news headlines) Short for 韓(한)國(국) (Han-guk, “(South Korea) South Korea”).

   韓(한)·美(미) 자유 무역 협정

   Han·Mi jayu muyeok hyeopjeong

   Free trade agreement between the United States of America and the Republic of Korea

A common convention in news headlines, this is almost always written solely in the Hanja form, even in contemporary Korean text otherwise devoid of any Hanja.

• 北(북) (Buk, “(South Korea) North Korea”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

韓: Hán Nôm readings: hàn

1. Korea