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Byung-woo
Byung-woo is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 17 hanja with the reading "byung" and 41 hanja with the reading "woo" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. People with this name include: *Bae Bien-u (born 1950), South Korean photographer * Lee Byung-woo (born 1965), South Korean guitarist and composer *Kim Byung-woo Kim Byung-woo (born 1980) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Personal life Kim majored in Theater & Film at Hanyang University. Career Kim is known for making inventive and self-funded films. In 2001, he made his first five ... (born 1980), South Korean film director * Moon Byung-woo (born 1986), South Korean football player See also * List of Korean given names References {{given name Korean masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Byung-woo
Kim Byung-woo (born 1980) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Personal life Kim majored in Theater & Film at Hanyang University. Career Kim is known for making inventive and self-funded films. In 2001, he made his first five-minute short film ''Cry'' on digital video in a shoestring budget. In 2003, he made his feature debut when he was still a theatre and film student at Hanyang University. The film ''Anamorphic'' has the main character searching for a way out after passing through gates and doors into a shadowy netherworld. He self-funded the project at the cost of US$4,000. In 2007, his second feature '' Written'' propelled his standing in Korean independent cinema to a new level. ''Written'' is a film within a film where his lead character was caught in a hellish predicament when his fate as a character in a script is being determined by others. The self-funded film was shot on high-definition video and cost only US$15,000 to make. Filmography *''Cry' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Byung-woo
Lee Byung-woo (; born January 22, 1965) is a South Korean guitarist and composer of film scores. He has composed music for more than twenty films, including the segment "Memories" in ''Three'' (2002), ''A Tale of Two Sisters'' (2003), '' All for Love'' (2005), '' The Host'' (2006) and ''Mother'' (2009). Lee's music for ''A Tale of Two Sisters'' was described by '' OhmyNews'' as "one of the best film scores ever composed for a Korean film". He won Best Music at the 2004 Shanghai International Film Festival for ''Untold Scandal'', and in 2006 his score for ''The King and the Clown'' won the same accolade at the Blue Dragon Film Awards. In 2007, Lee received a further Best Music nomination at the 44th Grand Bell Awards for ''For Horowitz''.orean Film News">"[Korean Film News44th Grand Bell Awards [대종상영화제: Family Ties Wins Best Film"] , ''Twitch'', 9 June 2007. Retrieved on 26 October 2008. Filmography * ''Three Friends'' (1996) * ''Kill the Love'' (1996) * ''My Beau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moon Byung-woo
Moon Byung-woo (; born 3 May 1986) is a South Korean football player who currently plays for Daejeon Korail FC. On 18 November 2008, he was one of sixteen priority members to join Gangwon FC. He made his debut for Gangwon against Daegu FC as a substitute on 8 April 2009 in a league cup match. From the 2010 season, he joined Korea National League side Incheon Korail and returned to Gangwon for the 2013 season. In the 2014 season, Woo transferred to Daejeon Korail FC Daejeon Korail FC is a South Korean football club based in Daejeon. The team currently plays in the K3 League, the third tier of South Korean football league system. It is owned and operated by Korea Railroad Corporation, South Korea's national r .... Club career statistics References External links * 1986 births Living people South Korean men's footballers Gangwon FC players Daejeon Korail FC players K League 1 players Korea National League players Myongji University alumni Men's association ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Korean Given Names
This is a list of Korean given names by type. Most Korean given names consist of two Sino-Korean morphemes each written with one hanja. There are also names with more than two syllables, often from native Korean vocabulary. Finally, there are a small number of one-syllable names. Originally, there was no legal limitation on the length of names, but since 1993, regulations in South Korea have prohibited the registration of given names longer than five syllable blocks, in response to some parents giving their children extremely long names such as the 16-syllable Haneulbyeollimgureumhaennimbodasarangseureouri (). Lists of hanja for names are illustrative, not exhaustive. Names by common first and second syllables G or k (ㄱ), n (ㄴ), d (ㄷ) M (ㅁ), b (ㅂ) S (ㅅ) Vowels and semivowels (ㅇ) J (ㅈ) and ch (ㅊ) T (ㅌ) and h (ㅎ) Native Korean names ''Goyueo ireum'' are Korean given names which come from native Korean vocabulary, rather than Sino-Korean root ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byung
Byung is a Latin-alphabet spelling of a common syllable in Korean given names. The meaning differs based on the hanja used. There are 17 hanja with this reading on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names; the most common ones are listed in the table at right. Names which begin with this syllable include: *Byung-chul *Byung-hee *Byung-ho *Byung-hoon *Byung-hun *Byung-joon *Byung-woo *Byung-wook Byung-wook is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 17 hanja with the reading "byung Byung is a Latin-alphabet spelling of a common syllable in Korean given names. The ... References {{given name, nocat Korean given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woo (Korean Given Name)
Woo, also spelled Wu, or U, is a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in many two-syllable Korean given names. As a given name the meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are 64 hanja with the reading "''woo''" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. As a given name Single syllable People with the single-syllable given name ''Woo'', or ''Wu'', ''U'' include: * Ch'oe U (1166–1249), military leader of Goryeo * Wang U (1079–1122), the personal name of King Yejong of Goryeo * Wang U (1365–1389), the personal name of King U of Goryeo * Yi U (1912–1945), member of the Korean Imperial household and grandson of Emperor Gojong * Park Woo (born 1972), South Korean wrestler First syllable ;Masculine * Woo-jin * Woo-sung ;Unisex * Woo-young Second syllable ;Masculine * Byung-woo * Chang-woo * Chul-woo * Hyun-woo, 5th place in 1980, 2nd place in 1990, 3rd place in 2008, 5th place in 2009 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanja
Hanja (Hangul: ; Hanja: , ), alternatively known as Hancha, are Chinese characters () used in the writing of Korean. Hanja was used as early as the Gojoseon period, the first ever Korean kingdom. (, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, which can be written with Hanja, and (, ) refers to Classical Chinese writing, although "Hanja" is also sometimes used to encompass both concepts. Because Hanja never underwent any major reforms, they are mostly resemble to ''kyūjitai'' and traditional Chinese characters, although the stroke orders for some characters are slightly different. For example, the characters and as well as and . Only a small number of Hanja characters were modified or are unique to Korean, with the rest being identical to the traditional Chinese characters. By contrast, many of the Chinese characters currently in use in mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore have been simplified, and contain fewer strokes than the corresponding Hanja characters. In Japan, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bae Bien-u
Bae Bien-u (born May 22, 1950) is a South Korean photographer. He is a professor in Seoul Institute of the Arts. Early life and career Bae was born in Suncheon and grew up in Yeosu, Jeollanam-do in 1950, and graduated from Hongik University's College of Arts in 1974 and the graduate school of the same university in 1976. Renowned as a professional photographer with themes especially concentrated on pine trees, he has become a representative photographer with the reputation of capturing the characteristic sentiments of Korea including the pine trees, oceans and mountains with his camera rather than a brush. He became better-known outside of South Korea after selling one of his pine tree photographs to English singer Elton John in 2005. Former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak later gave a collection of Bae's pine tree photographs to U.S. president Barack Obama during a summit held in Washington. He served as professor of the Department of Photography at Seoul Institute of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korean Masculine Given Names
Korean may refer to: People and culture * Koreans, ethnic group originating in the Korean Peninsula * Korean cuisine * Korean culture * Korean language **Korean alphabet The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, . Hangul may also be written as following South Korea's standard Romanization. ( ) in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is the modern official writing system for the Korean language. The let ..., known as Hangul or Chosŏn'gŭl **Korean dialects and the Jeju language **See also: North–South differences in the Korean language Places * Korean Peninsula, a peninsula in East Asia * Korea, a region of East Asia * North Korea, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea * South Korea, the Republic of Korea Other uses *Korean Air, flag carrier and the largest airline of South Korea See also *Korean War, 1950–1953 war between North Korea and South Korea *Names of Korea, various country names used in international contexts *History of Korea, the history of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
