Han Chinese

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The Han Chinese are the largest ethnic group in both China and the world, with a shared cultural heritage, language family, and historical identity rooted in ancient Chinese civilization.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Han Chinese canonical 981
Han Chinese culture 5
Han Chinese in Shanghai region 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (79)

Predicate Object
instanceOf East Asian people
ethnic group
ancestralHomeland North China Plain
Yellow River basin
associatedState Malaysia
China
surface form: People's Republic of China

Republic of China
Singapore
continent Asia
country China
culturalHeritage Chinese calligraphy
Chinese cuisine
Chinese martial arts
Chinese opera
Chinese painting
Confucian heritage
culture Chinese culture
diaspora Chinese diaspora
ethnicGroupOf China
ethnogenesisPeriod Han dynasty
Qin dynasty
Warring States period
historicalOrigin ancient Chinese civilization
historicalStateFormation Han dynasty
Ming dynasty
Qin dynasty
Qing dynasty
Song dynasty
Tang dynasty
languageFamily Chinese language
surface form: Sinitic languages

Sino-Tibetan languages
majorityIn China
namedAfter Han dynasty
populationRank largest ethnic group in China
largest ethnic group in the world
primaryLanguage Cantonese
Gan Chinese
Hakka
Hakka
surface form: Hokkien

Jin Chinese
Mandarin Chinese
Min Chinese
Wu Chinese
Xiang Chinese
recognizedAs majority ethnic group of the People's Republic of China
majority ethnic group of the Republic of China
religion Buddhism
Chinese folk religion
Christianity
Confucianism
Islam
Taoism
significantDiasporaIn Australia
Canada
Indonesia
Malaysia
Singapore
Southeast Asia
Thailand
United States of America
surface form: United States
standardSpokenVariety Standard Chinese
surface form: Standard Mandarin
standardWrittenLanguage Standard Chinese
surface form: Standard written Chinese
traditionalCalendar Chinese lunisolar calendar
traditionalClothing Hanfu
changshan
qipao
traditionalFestivals Dragon Boat Festival
Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations
surface form: Mid-Autumn Festival

Qingming Festival
Spring Festival
traditionalPhilosophy Confucianism
Taoism
surface form: Daoism

Legalism
traditionalValueSystem ancestor worship
filial piety
patrilineal kinship
usesWritingSystem Chinese characters
writingStandardization Qin dynasty script unification
writingSystemType logographic writing system

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Li Zongren ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Western China hasEthnicGroup Han Chinese
Ye Ting ethnicity Han Chinese
Peng usedByEthnicGroup Han Chinese
Confucius ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Zhang Xueliang ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Yang Hucheng ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Chinese Malaysians ethnicOrigin Han Chinese
Chinese Malaysians relatedGroup Han Chinese
Mao Zetan ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Guoyu spokenBy Han Chinese
Master Baiguang ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Qing army ethnicComposition Han Chinese
Mao Zemin ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Ding Ruchang ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Guizhou Province majorEthnicGroup Han Chinese
Hu Zongnan ethnicity Han Chinese
Beihai ethnicGroupPresent Han Chinese
Jianwen Emperor ethnicity Han Chinese
Yu Chengwan ethnicity Han Chinese
Hongguang Emperor ethnicity Han Chinese
Yongli Emperor ethnicity Han Chinese
Wendi Deng ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Wu usedInEthnicGroup Han Chinese
Li Hongzhang ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Liang Xiaosheng ethnicity Han Chinese
Li Yuanhong ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Hongxi Emperor ethnicity Han Chinese
Cai Hesen ethnicity Han Chinese
Xuande Emperor ethnicity Han Chinese
Jingtai Emperor ethnicity Han Chinese
Xiao Zisheng ethnicGroup Han Chinese
He Shuheng ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Hongzhi Emperor ethnicity Han Chinese
Li Weihan ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Li Lisan ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Liu Shaoqi ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Longqing Emperor ethnicity Han Chinese
Taichang Emperor ethnicity Han Chinese
Chongzhen Emperor ethnicity Han Chinese
Song Zheyuan ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Hongwu Emperor ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Sun Lianzhong ethnicity Han Chinese
Ai usedByPopulation Han Chinese
Li usedByEthnicGroup Han Chinese
Zhao associatedWithEthnicGroup Han Chinese
Xiang Ying ethnicity Han Chinese
Jin dynasty ethnicComposition Han Chinese
Li Ning ethnicGroup Han Chinese
Chen Yi ethnicGroup Han Chinese