韓 (hán) — Korea (韓國); a surname; (old) a well-curb

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韓＝倝＋韋

ㄏㄢˊ · hán

noun — Korea (韓國); a surname; (old) a well-curb

字源 FORM — what the parts do

倝聲gàn — the sun rising behind a banner; gives the soundthe left block; not the same as 朝's left

{g,k,h}ITgàn → hán — the back-consonant slide g to h, tone too

韋義tanned leather, hide bound and woven — the curb of a well was woven like this

Woven hide (韋) on the right, 倝 gàn on the left for the sound, worn from g to h. The old word is the woven curb that rings a well. It was borrowed early as a state name, then a surname, and now stands for Korea: 韓國、南韓.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一圈編好的皮繩（韋）圍住井口，旁邊立著一面迎日的旗（倝）。

Woven leather cords (韋) ring the well-mouth, a banner facing the sun (倝) planted beside it.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)井垣— a well-curb (archaic)

→韓 (姓)、韓國— a surname; the state of Han, now Korea常用

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension