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Type Surname (from location)
Usage Chinese, Korean
Scripts 韩(Chinese) 韓(Traditional Chinese, Korean Hanja) 한(Korean Hangul)
Pronounced Pron. KHAHN(Chinese) HAN(Korean)

Meaning & History

From Chinese 韩 (hán) referring to the ancient state of Han, which existed from the 5th to 3rd centuries BC in what is now Shanxi and Henan provinces.