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What is the Arisu?

It is the original name of Han River.

The name “Han-Kang” is rooted to an ancient Korean word “han Garam”, which menat a large body of water.  ‘Han’ has multiple meanings like “Big, Wide, Deep, Right”, while “Garam” is the old Korean word for river. Combining both words, the old anme of “Han River” can be understood as “A big, wide and deep river”.

The Han River had many names for different ages of Korean history.

In ancient China, Han and wei Dynasties called the Han River as Dae-Su which means “Waste belt water”, because the Han River looked like a waist belt of the Korean peninsula.

The tombstone of King Gwanggaeto the Great referred the Han river as “Arisu”, and kingdom of Baekje called it as “woo-ri-ha”. The official history of the era of Three Kingdoms, “Samguk Sagi”, used “han-san-ha” or “Buk-dok” to list the Han river in its geography volume. In Goryeo dynasty, the Han River was referred as “Yul-su” for its large and clear water stream. Part of The Han River nearby Seoul was named as “Gyung-gang.”

It is still unclear when the river started to be called as “The Han river>” However, it is known that Baekje started referring the river as “Han-su” or “Han-gang” after they began trading with Chinese dynasties such as East Jin, and using Chinese characters nationwide. Then, names like “Han-su”, “Han-gang” or “Han-gang-su” started replacing the ancient names.