Hanke (a kind of family status of the Court nobles) is a classification term for the court noble class established subsequent to the Kamakura period being the lowest-ranked family in social standing among Tosho-ke (high court nobility allowed to enter the Imperial Palace).
半家（はんけ）とは鎌倉時代以降に成立した公卿の家格で堂上家の中でも最下位の家柄である。