Huaxia

Huaxia
The Yellow River Breaches its Course by Ma Yuan, Song dynasty
Traditional Chinese	華夏
Simplified Chinese	华夏
Literal meaning	beautiful grandeur
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Huáxià Bopomofo ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ Gwoyeu Romatzyh Hwashiah Wade–Giles Hua2-hsia4 IPA [xwǎɕjâ] Wu Romanization gho ya Gan Romanization fa4 ha5 Hakka Romanization fa11 ha55 Yue: Cantonese Jyutping waa4 haa6 Southern Min Hokkien POJ hôa-hā Middle Chinese Middle Chinese hwæ hæX  Old Chinese Baxter–Sagart (2014) *N-qʷʰˤra [ɢ]ˤraʔ

Huaxia is a historical concept representing the Chinese nation, and came from the self-awareness of a common cultural ancestry by the various confederations of pre-Qin ethnic ancestors of Han people.