Save Type Country Usage Korean Scripts 대한(Korean Hangul) 大韓(Korean Hanja) Pronounced Pron. /tɛ.ɦan/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Sino-Korean 大 (dae) meaning "big, great" and 韓 (han) meaning "Korea". This is the official Korean name for South Korea. Related Names Rootsdae + han