Hanmi Financial Corporation Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Loans - Troubled Debt Restructuring, Disaggregated by Loan Class (Parenthetical) (Detail)

Loans - Troubled Debt Restructuring, Disaggregated by Loan Class (Parenthetical) (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Retail [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Loan modifications made through deferrals principal payments	$ 357,000
Amount of loan modification through extensions of maturity	175,000.0	1,300,000
Other [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Loan modifications made through deferrals principal payments	527,000	2,400,000
Residential Property [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Loan modifications made through deferrals principal payments		2,700,000
Unsecured [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Loan modifications made through deferrals principal payments	909,000	1,600,000
Loan modifications made through reductions of principal or accrued interest payments	723,000	11,500,000
Amount of loan modification through extensions of maturity	3,600,000	1,500,000
Secured By Real Estate [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Loan modifications made through deferrals principal payments	5,400,000	2,400,000
Loan modifications made through reductions of principal or accrued interest payments	318,000	9,100,000
Amount of loan modification through extensions of maturity	1,900,000	2,700,000
Commercial Lines of Credit [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Loan modifications made through reductions of principal or accrued interest payments	188,000
SBA Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Loan modifications made through deferrals principal payments	504,000	5,700,000
Loan modifications made through reductions of principal or accrued interest payments	$ 447,000	$ 957,000