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韩 Han — a top-40 surname
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| Pinyin | Han |
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| Strokes | 12 |
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| Commonness | a top-40 surname |
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| Type | single-character |
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Where the surname comes from
A surname traced to the state of Han, including the Legalist philosopher Han Feizi.
What the character means
ancient state name, symbol of foundation and strength
Why it scores this way
Easy to say96
Reads the way it looks for an English speaker — no sounds English doesn't have.
Recognised in China88
A very common surname (roughly the top 40 in China).
Easy to write60
12 strokes — a little practice and it flows.
People who carried this name
- Han Xin — Han dynasty founding general (c.231–196 BC), called the 'God of War' for his tactics.
- Han Yu — Tang dynasty prose master and poet, leader of the ancient prose movement, known for 'On Teachers' and 'Memorial on Bone Relics of Buddha'.
- Han Fei — Warring States legalist philosopher, synthesized Legalist thought, author of the 'Han Feizi'.
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