han
/hɑn/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.93 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
An imperial Chinese dynasty, ruling (with interruptions) from 206 BC to AD 220, marked by the expansion of the Yellow River's Huaxia culture to the recent conquests of the Qin and a flowering of economic, literary, and scientific development
name
An ancient Chinese county, viscounty, and kingdom of the Zhou dynasty and the Qin–Han interregnum
Example Sentences
- "They han the fleece, and eke the flesh;"
- "Since that ye han had my virginitie,"
- "And his alluring Baits suspected han."
- "Ee lads 'an ya fowt? Nay, we'n not fowt yet."
- "According to the hair-dress it is probably that of a woman. There are some 102 slight traces of polychromy on the white slip. Other heads possessing similar qualities were dug up from early Han tombs in Pao-chi district, Shensi Province."
- "The eclectism of political thought during the Han is reflected in Liu Hsiang's evaluation of Shang Yang."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: han, 한(恨), -, 漢, 韓, 邗
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /hɑn/
- British English: /hæn/