Han

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