漢北

Chinese

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	漢	北
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hàn	běi
Middle Chinese	‹ xan^H ›	‹ pok ›
Old Chinese	/n̥ˁar-s/ (W dialect: n̥- > MC x-, -r > -n)	/*pˁək/
English	(river name)	north
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

漢北

(historical) region north of the Han River in Central China
- 有鳥自南兮，來集漢北。好姱佳麗兮，牉獨處此異域。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  有鸟自南兮，来集汉北。好姱佳丽兮，牉独处此异域。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE
  Yǒu niǎo zì nán xī, lái jí Hànběi. Hǎo kuā jiālì xī, pàn dúchù cǐ yìyù. [Pinyin]
  A bird from the south
  Flew north of the Han River and perched on a tree.
  Though fine feathered and beautiful,
  A solitary life it leads in a strange land.
(Korean Classical Chinese) region north of the Han River in Korea (usually refers specifically to Seoul, which in traditional times was only north of the Han)

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