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Han may refer to:
China
- China (漢), an abbreviation or adjectival modifier for things Chinese
- Han Chinese (漢族 Hanzu, 漢人 Hanren), the dominant majority ethnic group of China and overseas Chinese
- Chinese language (漢語 Hanyu) or Chinese characters (漢字 Hanzi) or Chinese written language (漢文 Hanwen)
- Han Dynasty (漢朝 Hanchao, 202 BC – 220 AD), also known as Han China, a Chinese dynasty
- Han (state) (韓國 Hanguo), one of seven powerful kingdoms during the Chinese Warring States Period
- Han (Western Zhou state) (韓國 Hanguo), a minor state that existed during the Spring and Autumn Period
- Han Zhao (漢趙, 304–329), one of the Chinese Sixteen Kingdoms, founded by the Liu family
- Cheng Han (成漢, 304–347), another of the Sixteen Kingdoms, founded by the Li family
- Former Shu later called Han (漢 Han, from 917), a kingdom during the Chinese Period of Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms
- Southern Han (南漢 Nanhan, 917–971, but called Great Yue until 918 or 919), a kingdom during the Chinese Period of Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms
- Northern Han (北漢 Beihan, 951–979), a kingdom during the Chinese Period of Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms
- Later Han Dynasty (Five Dynasties) (947–950 CE), in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period
- Han class submarine, or Type 091 submarine, the first nuclear powered submarine class (SSN) deployed by the People's Liberation Army Navy
- Khan (title), or Han in Chinese transliteration, originally Central Asian title for a sovereign or military ruler
- Han (surname), also Haan, Hahn or Hann, the Romanized spelling of many Chinese family names: 韓(韩), 邗, 罕, 寒, 憨, 漢, etc.
Korea
- Korea, an abbreviation for "Hanguk" (한국, 韓國), the Korean language name for Korea
- an archaic Korean root meaning "great" or "leader"; transliterated into hanja as 韓, 幹, or 刊; see Names of Korea
- Samhan, three confederacies of chiefdoms on the southern Korean peninsula in the Proto-Three Han Kingdoms Period
- Han (Korean name), a Korean surname (한, 韓 or 漢), also romanized as "Hahn"
- Han (cultural), a Korean cultural concept of lament
- Korean language (한국어 Hangug-eo) or Hangul (한글 Hangeul)
Japan
- Han (administrative division) (藩), a term for feudal clan or fief in Japan
- Han, a wooden board hanging throughout a temple complex in a Zen monastery to alert monks of mealtime when out of range of the umpan
- Han characters
- Han school, an educational establishment during the Edo period
Vietnam
- HAN, the International Air Transport Association code for Noi Bai International Airport serving Hanoi
- Han-Viet (Sino-Vietnamese)
Elsewhere
- Han (North American people), a Canadian First Nation
- Hän language, an endangered Native American language spoken by the Hän people
- Han-sur-Lesse, Rochefort, Belgium
- Han, Turkey
- Huns, most notably Attila the Hun
People
Main article: Han (name)
Miscellaneous
- Han (trilobite)
- Han unification (Chinese character glyph unification) in Unicode
- Alternative spelling of title Khan (title), notably in Turkic languages
- Han, the Turkish word for a caravanserai
- Han (The West Wing), an episode of The West Wing, named for the Korean cultural concept (see above)
- Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen, or HAN
- Home Area Network, the set of emerging technologies allowing homeowners to easily manage household energy use; the term is particularly used with reference to technologies interfacing with a smart grid
- Hydroxylammonium nitrate, a rocket fuel oxidizer and monopropellant
See also
- Han River (disambiguation)
- Hahn (disambiguation)
- Hans (disambiguation)
- All pages beginning with "Han"
- All pages with titles containing "Han"