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汉 hàn — “Chinese (Han)”

How to write and say the Chinese character 汉 (hàn), which means Chinese (Han) — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: School & learning.

Stroke order笔顺

汉 is written with 5 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):

The story behind it字源小故事

Simplified from 漢 — the water radical 氵 names the Han River, then the Han people, then Chinese itself.

A common word常用词

Example sentence例句

This page is part of the free Chinese character explorer from Casey Foundation Chinese School — a Saturday community Chinese school in Narre Warren, Victoria, serving Berwick, Cranbourne, Hallam and families across Melbourne's southeast. New students get a free trial lesson.