汉城特别市 hànchéngtèbiéshì Seoul Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 汉城 漢城 hànchéng Hanseong (modern era) former Chinese name for Seoul, the capital of South Korea; replaced officially in 2005 by 首尔 shǒu'ěr特别 特別 tèbié adjective special unusual or unique; different from the ordinary市 shì noun municipality an administrative division, such as a municipality or city level administrative unit