漢

かん

Meanings

1. Noun China (usu. in compounds)
2. Han dynasty (of China; 202 BCE-220 CE)
3. Han (majority Chinese ethnic group)
4. Noun suffix man (oft. negative or aggressively masculine nuance) See also: 硬骨漢 (こうこつかん).

Kanji

• 漢 Han. Read as カン.

Example sentences

• 漢代にはローマガラスの容器が輸入され、5世紀には北魏でガラス容器の製作が始まりました。
  Roman glass containers were imported during the Han Dynasty, and the production of glass containers began in the Northern Wei dynasty in the 5th century.

Words containing 漢

• 漢字 (かんじ) kanji
• 漢方 (かんぽう) kampō
• 漢学 (かんがく) Sinology

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