漢 (hon3 | han4 tan1) : of the Chinese people or language

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漢

hon3

han4 tan1

[1] of the Han dynasty (206 B.C.-220 A.D.) [2] of the Chinese people or language [3] [n] fellow; man [4] a tributary of the Yangtze river

Stroke count: 14

Level: 3

Radical: 水 (#85)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

漢 / 汉

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th Jul 2009 14:58

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漢字 hon3 zi6 han4 zi4 = Chinese character

漢語 hon3 jyu5 han4 yu3 = Chinese (language)

漢人 hon3 jan4 han4 ren2 = Han Chinese person or people

漢語拼音 hon3 jyu5 ping3 jam1 han4 yu3 pin1 yin1 = Hanyu Pinyin

漢城 hon3 sing4 han4 cheng2 = Seoul

漢堡包 hon3 bou2 baau1 = hamburger

漢堡牛肉餅 hon3 bou2 ngau4 juk6 beng2 = Hamburger steak

羅漢果 lo4 hon3 gwo2 = momordicae fruit; luohanguo; luo-han-kuo

辣椒醬漢堡 laat6 ziu1 zoeng3 hon3 bou2 = chiliburger

羅漢齋 lo4 hon3 zaai1 = a special vegetarian dish
See all 81 compounds (CantoDict reports 85 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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漢字是歷史上最古老的文字之一，大概四千歲了。國
Chinese characters are one of history's most ancient writing scripts, approximately four thousand years old.

哪裡，我的漢語不太好。國
No, my Chinese isn't that good.
[Usage of 哪裡's definition [2], for example to reply to a compliment such as 「你的漢語很好。」]

只有懶漢庸才才會留戀那大鍋飯的年代。國
Only lazybones and mediocre persons could hanker after the days of messing together.

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Decimal representation of this word: 漢
Unicode code for this character: U+6F22 (off-site link)

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