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Cheon (Korean Surname)
Cheon, also spelled Chon, is an uncommon Korean surname. It is written with either of two hanja: * () meaning "thousand". This is the more common character, used as a surname by 103,811 people in 32,229 households in South Korea, according to the 2000 census. * (), meaning "heaven". The 2000 census found 8,416 people in 2,668 households who used this character to write their surname. In a study by the National Institute of Korean Language based on 2007 application data for South Korean passports, it was found that 50% of people with this family name spelled it in Latin letters as Cheon in their passports, while 42% spelled it Chun, and 3.5% spelled it Chon. Rarer alternative spellings (the remaining 4.5%) included Choun and the Yale romanization Chen. People with this surname include: Sportspeople * Cheon Seong-tae (born 1943), South Korean rower * Cheon In-sik (born 1968), South Korean sprint canoer * Cheon Eun-suk (born 1969), South Korean basketball player * Cheon Hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korean Surname
A Korean name (Hangul: ; Hanja: ) consists of a family name followed by a given name, as used by the Korean people in both South Korea and North Korea. In the Korean language, ''ireum'' or ''seongmyeong'' usually refers to the family name (''seong'') and given name (''ireum'' in a narrow sense) together. Korean names are descended from Chinese names as part of Sino-Korean vocabulary. Traditional Korean family names typically consist of only one syllable. There is no middle name in the English language sense. Many Koreans have their given names made of a generational name syllable and an individually distinct syllable, though this practice is rarely seen nowadays. The generational name syllable is shared by siblings in North Korea, and by all members of the same generation of an extended family in South Korea. Married men and women keep their full personal names, and children inherit the father's family name unless otherwise settled when registering the marriage. The family nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheon Yang-hee
Cheon Yanghui (, born January 21, 1942) is a South Korean poet, best known for her poetry collection ''Sorghum Field of the Heart'' (, 1994). Life Cheon Yanghui was born in Busan on 21 January 1942 as the youngest of seven children. Throughout her childhood she was heavily influenced by her father, an enthusiast of poetry and ''pansori'', and by her grandfather, a lay Buddhist. She often wrote and recited poems, despite being unable to participate in art festivals due to administrative issues at her school. In 1962 Cheon enrolled in Ewha Womans University, graduating with a degree in Korean literature. Career Cheon Yanghui's career followed an unusual trajectory in that she began publishing in her 20s, stopped for nearly two decades, then resumed publishing poetry in her 40s, to great critical acclaim. Her literary debut was in 1965, when the prestigious literary magazine '' Hyundae Munhak'' published three of her poems - "Once in a Garden" (), "Harmony" (), and "Morning" ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Korean Family Names
This is a list of Korean surnames, in Hangul alphabetical order. Note: (S) denotes South Korea. (N) denotes North Korea. The most common Korean family name (particularly in South Korea) is Kim, followed by Lee and Park. These three family names are held by around half of the ethnic Korean population. , 286 Korean family names were in use. However, each family name is divided into one or more clans (''bon-gwan'') and to identify a person's family name, the identification of a person's clan is needed. See also * Family register (Hangul: 호주, Hanja: 戶主) * Korean culture * Korean language * Korean name * List of common Chinese surnames References External links * {{in lang, ru}Degrees of Courtesy and Communication Styles in the Korean Language by K. B. Kurotchenko.Imageof pie graph showing the most prevalent names, in Hangul and Hanja ''The links below are solely in Korean.''List including vanished names, with clan profilesList of names with Naver Encyclopedia entries ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheon Jeong-myeong
Chun Jung-myung (, born November 29, 1980) is a South Korean actor. Chun made his break into the entertainment industry in the KBS teen drama ''School 2'' (1999). He is best known for his leading roles in TV dramas such as '' Fashion 70's'' (2005), ''Goodbye Solo'' (2006), ''What's Up Fox?'' (2006), '' Cinderella's Sister'' (2010), '' The Duo'', ''Glory Jane'' (2011), '' Reset'' (2014), '' Heart to Heart'' (2015), and ''Master - God of Noodles'' (2016). He also starred in the films '' The Aggressives'' (2005), ''Les Formidables'' (2006), ''Hansel and Gretel'' (2007), and '' Queen of the Night'' (2013). Chun started his own management company in 2011. Since the early 2010's, Chun has trained Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ; pt, jiu-jitsu brasileiro ) is a self-defence martial art and combat sport based on grappling, ground fighting (ne-waza) and submission holds. BJJ focuses on the skill of taking an opponent to the ground, control ... and is a purple bel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mina Cheon
Mina Cheon (born 1973) is a Korean American new media artist, scholar, and educator. Since 1997, she has been living between Baltimore, New York, and Seoul. Early life and education Cheon was born in Seoul, South Korea. Being the daughter of a South Korean diplomat and cultural attache, she grew up in the cities of Seoul, New York, Copenhagen, and Ottawa. Her B.F.A. in painting is from Ewha Womans University in Seoul, South Korea; M.F.A. in painting is from Hoffberger School of Painting, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA); and M.F.A. in Imaging Digital Arts from University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). She also received a PhD in Philosophy of Media and Communications from the European Graduate School, European University for Interdisciplinary Studies, Switzerland in 2008 and is currently on the faculty of Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). Teaching One of Cheon's educational contributions has been the international art program and exchange that she has led ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheon Jun-ho
Cheon Jun-ho (Korean: 천준호; born 15 February 1971) is a South Korean politician who is currently the representative of the Gangbuk A constituency in the National Assembly of South Korea. He is a member of the Democratic Party of Korea. Early life and education Cheon was born in Seoul, South Korea on February 15, 1971. He graduated from Kyung Hee University with a degree in history. Political career Cheon is known for work protecting cultural heritage sites and environmental preservation. In 2005, he served as the Co-Chairman of the Citizen's Union Against the Construction of Apartments at the Deoksugung Palace and successfully stopped the construction of the apartment complex. He also served as the Executive Director of the Roh Moo-hyun and Kim Dae-Jung Citizen Remembrance Committee in 2009. He continued to work in both minor and major citizens' movements until 2010. From 2011, he began working as the planning adviser and personal assistant to Mayor of Seoul, Park Won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheon, Jung Hee
Cheon, Jung Hee is a South Korean cryptographer and mathematician whose research interest includes computational number theory, cryptography, and information security. He is one of the inventors of braid cryptography, one of group-based cryptography, and approximate homomorphic encryption HEAAN. As one of co-inventors of approximate homomorphic encryption HEaaN, he is actively working on homomorphic encryptions and their applications including machine learning, homomorphic control systems, and DNA computation on encrypted data. He is particularly known for his work on an efficient algorithm on strong DH problem. He received the best paper award in Asiacrypt 2008 for improving Pollard rho algorithm, and the best paper award in Eurocrypt 2015 for attacking Multilinear Maps. He was also selected as Scientist of the month by Korean government in 2018 and won the POSCO TJ Park Prize in 2019. He is a professor of Mathematical Sciences at the Seoul National University (SNU) a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheon Ho-sun
Cheon Ho-sun (born September 10, 1962 in Seoul), alternatively spelled Chun Ho-sun, is a South Korean politician. He has a bachelor's degree in sociology from Yonsei University Yonsei University (; ) is a private research university in Seoul, South Korea. As a member of the " SKY" universities, Yonsei University is deemed one of the three most prestigious institutions in the country. It is particularly respected in th .... He is the chairman of Justice Party. External links * * References Yonsei University alumni People from Seoul 1962 births Living people Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000) politicians Justice Party (South Korea) politicians Justice Party (South Korea) Asian social liberals Yeongyang Cheon clan {{SouthKorea-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheon Jinwoo
Cheon Jinwoo is the H.G. Underwood Professor at Yonsei University and the Director of the Center for Nanomedicine, Institute for Basic Science (IBS). As a leading chemist in inorganic materials chemistry and nanomedicine Cheon and his group research chemical principles for the preparation of complex inorganic materials. He has been a Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher both in the field of chemistry in 2014, 2015, 2016 and cross-field in 2018. He is a fellow of the American Chemical Society, Royal Society of Chemistry, and Korean Academy of Science and Technology, a senior editor of ''Accounts of Chemical Research'' and an editorial advisory board member of ''Journal of Materials Chemistry'', ''Nano Letters'' and ''Materials Horizons''. Education Cheon enrolled in Yonsei University in 1981 majoring in chemistry. He later obtained a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in 1985 and 1987, respectively. Studying under Professor Gregory S. Girolami, Cheon received a Ph.D. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheon Ho-jin
Chun Ho-jin (born September 9, 1960) is a South Korean actor. Early life Chun studied chemistry at Inha University but dropped out to pursue acting. His father Chun Gyu-deok was among the first generation of professional wrestlers in the country. Career Chun's acting career began in 1983 when he auditioned at Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) and was selected. His first roles were mostly in miniseries and one-off telemovies (similar to KBS's ''Drama City''). He came to prominence with viewers in the long-running KBS drama ''Love on a Jujube Tree'' ( ko), which garnered him the Baeksang Arts Awards for Best New Actor in the television category in 1992. In later years, he earned the sobriquet "the national father" (국민 아버지) after portraying the father of the main characters in the family dramas ''My Golden Life'' (2017) and '' Once Again'' (2020), both of which had viewership ratings of over 30%. His portrayal of a bankrupt and down-on-his-luck man who has a complex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taksu Cheon
is a Japanese physicist notable for his work on quantum game theory and the foundations of quantum mechanics. Education He graduated from Kunitachi High School, in 1976. He obtained his BSc, 1980, his MSc, 1982, and PhD, under Akito Arima, 1985, all from the University of Tokyo. His PhD thesis topic was in the area of theoretical nuclear physics. Career In 1985, he was a Yukawa Research Associate at Osaka University. In 1986, he was a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Georgia and in 1987 he was a research associate at the University of Maryland, College Park. In 1989, he was appointed as an INS Research Associate at the University of Tokyo , abbreviated as or UTokyo, is a public research university located in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1877, the university was the first Imperial University and is currently a Top Type university of the Top Global University Project b .... Presently he is Professor of Theoretical Physics at the Kochi University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheon Un-yeong
Cheon Unyeong (, born 1971) is a modern South Korean writer. Life Cheon Unyeong was born in 1971 in Seoul, South Korea. She studied creative writing at Seoul Institute of the Arts, and graduated from Hanyang University with a B.A. in journalism. She attended graduate school at Korea University's School of Literature. Although Cheon Unyeong has only produced two volumes of short stories, she is considered a groundbreaking Korean author, and her works have been the subject of much analysis and critical acclaim. Career The Literature Translation Institute of Korea The Literature Translation Institute of Korea ( ko, 한국문학번역원, LTI Korea, formerly known as Korean Literature Translation Fund) was founded in 1996 by the Government of South Korea with the aim of promoting Korean literature and cultu ... summarizes Cheon's work: Works Works in translation * ''Adieu le cirque!'' () Works in Korean (partial) * ''The Needle'' (, 2001) * ''Myeongrang'' (, 2004) Refere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
