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Southern Han[edit]

This word Han is used to say Korea by Koreans and other Asians including Chinese and Japanese. Southern Han means South Korea. This is a disambiguation. There is more than one word used besides Han to say Korea. And of course Han means China in general. This word Han has a lot of ambiguation issues, as many as any character, geoculturally speaking. Han is such a big word that it can't just primarily refer to the important dynasty. It has the same kind of varying timbre as the word Yankees in its different intra-American, international, intra Eastern Seabord and sports senses. The word is a strong Asian identifier, like the word American in the phrase Buy American or the word New York in I Love NY. 'South Han' as a search entry might be too general so the word dynasty may as well be added to the article title as well as a redirect. I really don't know all of what Southern Han could possibly mean, if anything, to a native North Asian, so a native speaker could try to help this article. Han as a phoneme in its 4 North Chinese soundings has so many other meanings that the word Dynasty is absolutely essential in the searchword. Han is a perfect example of a word to start with in making the Wiki EnHan Wiktionary Wikipedia, or whatever name is eventually used. Disclaimer: I am not a native Asian. McDogmApr 30 2005 0049 est usa

Saying Southern Han to mean the Southern Han Dynasty is like saying American to mean the American Revolution.mcdogm--64.12.116.6 11:41, 1 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Don’t understand this comment. The first ruler decided to call it “Southern Han” in reference to the original Han dynasty which he was claiming descent from. It’s as simple as that. 2A00:23EE:1418:3F3A:C9F1:5591:803C:4BB4 (talk) 06:29, 10 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The Chinese characters for Korea and Chinese ethics are different. The tones are different. In Latin alphabet and without tone mark, they look the same "Han". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.71.249.61 (talk) 01:40, 13 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

"Relatively advanced"[edit]

Why was "relatively advanced" added in reference to the Vietnamese civilization in this edit? Badagnani (talk) 03:10, 10 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]