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Liquidity - Additional Information (Detail)

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Liquidity - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
Mar. 31, 2015
Financial_Institution
Dec. 31, 2014
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]    
Bank's FHLB borrowings   $ 150,000,000us-gaap_AdvancesFromFederalHomeLoanBanks
Line of credit 95,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCredit  
Number of financial institutions 3hafc_NumberOfFinancialInstitutions  
Hanmi Bank [Member]    
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]    
Broker deposits 99,000us-gaap_GoodFaithAndMarginDepositsWithBrokerDealers
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Total borrowing capacity based on pledged collateral 649,600,000hafc_BorrowingCapacityBasedOnPledgedCollateral
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649,500,000hafc_BorrowingCapacityBasedOnPledgedCollateral
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= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember
Borrowing capacity available based on pledged collateral 649,600,000hafc_BorrowingCapacityAvailableBasedOnPledgedCollateral
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= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember
499,500,000hafc_BorrowingCapacityAvailableBasedOnPledgedCollateral
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= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember
Bank's FHLB borrowings 0us-gaap_AdvancesFromFederalHomeLoanBanks
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= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember
150,000,000us-gaap_AdvancesFromFederalHomeLoanBanks
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= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember
Borrowing percentage of assets 0.00%hafc_BorrowingPercentageOfAssets
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= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember
3.54%hafc_BorrowingPercentageOfAssets
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= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember
Amount available from borrowing source   55,900,000hafc_AmountAvailableFromBorrowingSource
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= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember
Carrying value for loans pledged by Bank   77,400,000hafc_CarryingValueForLoansPledgedByBank
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= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember
Borrowings   0hafc_Borrowing
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= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember
Maximum borrowing capacity of line of credit $ 100,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
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Hanmi Bank [Member] | Maximum [Member]    
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]    
Percentage of borrowings from FHLB 30.00%us-gaap_FederalHomeLoanBankAdvancesBranchOfFHLBBankInterestRate
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