Hanmi Financial Corporation Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Loans - Troubled Debt Restructurings, Disaggregated by Loan Class (Detail) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($) SecurityLoan	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($) SecurityLoan
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| SecurityLoan	3	4
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 235	$ 543
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 229	$ 508
Real estate loans [Member] \| Retail [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| SecurityLoan	1	0
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 21	$ 0
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	20	$ 0
Loan modifications made through reduction of principal or accrued interest payments	$ 20
Commercial and industrial loans [Member] \| Commercial term [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| SecurityLoan	2	4
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 214	$ 543
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	209	508
Loan modification made through deferrals principal payment	152
Amount of loan modification through extension of maturity	$ 57	$ 508