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A thread on terms for "Chinese" ppl in Chinese:
漢人/汉人: Han Person, named for the Han Dynasty, which is itself named for a river (hence 氵).
It refers usually to the ethnic group Han Chinese, which can include culturally distinct peoples like the Hakka, Hoklo, etc. https://twitter.com/intewig/status/1317647865452191745
漢人/汉人: Han Person, named for the Han Dynasty, which is itself named for a river (hence 氵).
It refers usually to the ethnic group Han Chinese, which can include culturally distinct peoples like the Hakka, Hoklo, etc. https://twitter.com/intewig/status/1317647865452191745
Terms which use 漢 include:
漢字: Han Characters, ie. "Traditional Chinese Characters". Aka Kanji in Japanese, Hanja in Korean.
漢服: Han Clothing, ie. hanfu (which an modern term with meaning ranging from only clothes worn by the Han to an umbrella for any ancient-y robes)
漢字: Han Characters, ie. "Traditional Chinese Characters". Aka Kanji in Japanese, Hanja in Korean.
漢服: Han Clothing, ie. hanfu (which an modern term with meaning ranging from only clothes worn by the Han to an umbrella for any ancient-y robes)
唐人: Tang Person, named for the Tang Dynasty, another "golden age".
As the Tang Dynasty conquered far further south than the Han, this term is favoured by southerners. When they went abroad, they took the term with them, which is why Chinatowns are 唐人街.
As the Tang Dynasty conquered far further south than the Han, this term is favoured by southerners. When they went abroad, they took the term with them, which is why Chinatowns are 唐人街.
唐人 is also sometimes considered implicitly non-CCP or non-PRC term, others simply consider it "archaic".
唐裝 (Tang suit) can mean the clothing worn by during the Tang Dynasty but usually refers to a suit with a standing collar. Set up as opposite to 西裝, a western suit.
唐裝 (Tang suit) can mean the clothing worn by during the Tang Dynasty but usually refers to a suit with a standing collar. Set up as opposite to 西裝, a western suit.
華人: Hua Person
Hua comes from 華夷, a principle of separates the civilised Hua from the barbaric Yi. Scholars write of how barbarians can become Hua, ie. become civilised.
Historically, different East Asian cultures have been considered or considered themselves part of the Hua.
Hua comes from 華夷, a principle of separates the civilised Hua from the barbaric Yi. Scholars write of how barbarians can become Hua, ie. become civilised.
Historically, different East Asian cultures have been considered or considered themselves part of the Hua.
華人 (华人) today is often used to refer to the Chinese diaspora.
華僑 (Hua emigrant/abroad) refers to Chinese citizens who don't reside in China, it's also a specific legal term; notable is how it is defined through that act of departure
華僑 (Hua emigrant/abroad) refers to Chinese citizens who don't reside in China, it's also a specific legal term; notable is how it is defined through that act of departure
華裔 (Hua descendants) refers to people of Hua Chinese ancestry, implicitly second generation onwards immigrants
華/华 of course is now also part of the full name of both the PRC 中华人民共和国 and Taiwan 中華民國. Both claim legacy of that Hua.
中国/中國人: literally "Middle Kingdom Person", where Middle Kingdom is PRC. Often PRC citizen.
What is interesting to me is how fluid these terms have been in the past, especially as other East Asian cultures have also historically laid claim to being the Middle Kingdom.
What is interesting to me is how fluid these terms have been in the past, especially as other East Asian cultures have also historically laid claim to being the Middle Kingdom.
Usually caveats apply, this is limited to my perspective and I don't have an encyclopaedic knowledge of this. Do add your POV on this and I will append it to the end of this thread.
