韓流

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Chinese

(South) Korea; surname
to flow; to spread; to circulate
to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move
 
trad. (韓流)
simp. (韩流)

Etymology

Homophonous pun of 寒流 (hánliú).

Pronunciation


Noun

韓流

  1. Korean Wave
  2. (Taiwan) rise in popularity of Han Kuo-yu (a Taiwanese politician)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
はん
Grade: S
りゅう
Grade: 3
tōon kan'on
 韓流 on Japanese Wikipedia

The reading ハン (han) is from Korean 한(韓) (han).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

韓流(ハンりゅう) (Hanryū

  1. Korean Wave
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
かん
Grade: S
りゅう
Grade: 3
kan'on

Pronunciation

Proper noun

(かん)(りゅう) (Kanryūかんりう (Kanriu)?

  1. (uncommon) Korean Wave

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

韓流 (hallyu) (hangeul 한류)

  1. hanja form? of 한류 (Korean Wave)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

韓流

  1. chữ Hán form of Hàn lưu (Korean Wave)