This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Reading

Kana: ハン
Romaji: han
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

clan, enclosure

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  18
Radical Number:  140
Frequency:  1896
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  2-3-15
Korean Reading:  beon
Chinese Reading:  fan1
Unicode:  85e9
JIS:  484D

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2379
Nelson Index: 4089
New Nelson Index: 5242
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3k15.4
Four Corner Index: 4416.9
Guide to Remembering Index: 1721
Gakken Index: 1566
Japanese Names Index: 2771
Daikanwanjiten Index: 32346P
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 9.1000
Remembering the kanji Index: 1912
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1709
Kodansha Compact Index: 673
Kanji in Context Index: 1890
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1541
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2106
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1931
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2061
Essential Kanji Index: 1549
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3022
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1976
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1904

Words

(はん)
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province; clan
藩士 (はんし)
feudal retainer or warrior
藩校 (はんこう)
clan school; han school
脱藩 (だっぱん)
becoming a lordless samurai
列藩 (れっぱん)
many feudal clans
藩主 (はんしゅ)
feudal lord; daimyo
廃藩置県 (はいはんちけん)
abolition of feudal domains and establishment of prefectures (1871)
藩邸 (はんてい)
residence maintained by a daimyo in Edo
支藩 (しはん)
subsidiary domain; sub-fief
藩閥 (はんばつ)
clanship; clannism; clan favoritism; clan favouritism
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