Question

韓 から、いげた 0 445 18 178 なめしがわ 会意 Compound Ideographic There´s a young Korean male actor, Yon-sama, famous amongst middle-aged Japanese women. Extremely famous. Read about his affect on Japan/Korean relations on Everything2.com. In any case, women just flipped over this guy, traveled to Korea to see his home, started taking Korean language classes, etc. So, imagine here the misty eyes of the Japanese women as they clutch their lockets with Yon-sama´s picture inside watching his Korean romantic mini series called "Winter Sonata".

Accepted Answer

カン Korea S 十: ten早: early; fast韋: tanned leather radical (no. 178) 韋 9 (none) Korea This character represents the flag of South Korea: a locket (circular taegeuk) in the middle of the mist (white background). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_South_Korea.

Kanji	韓
Onyomi	カン
Kunyomi	から、いげた
English	Korea
JLPT Level	0
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	445
Components	十: ten 早: early; fast 韋: tanned leather radical (no. 178)
Number of Strokes	18
Kanji Radical	韋
Radical Number	178
Radical Strokes	9
Radical Reading	なめしがわ
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	Korea
Koohii Story 1	There´s a young Korean male actor, Yon-sama, famous amongst middle-aged Japanese women. Extremely famous. Read about his affect on Japan/Korean relations on Everything2.com. In any case, women just flipped over this guy, traveled to Korea to see his home, started taking Korean language classes, etc. So, imagine here the misty eyes of the Japanese women as they clutch their lockets with Yon-sama´s picture inside watching his Korean romantic mini series called "Winter Sonata".
Koohii Story 2	This character represents the flag of South Korea: a locket (circular taegeuk) in the middle of the mist (white background). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_South_Korea.

Korea Korean Japanese Women South 韓 カン から、いげた

Korea Korean Japanese Women South 韓カンから、いげた