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Gi-nam
Ki-nam, also spelled Gi-nam, is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 68 hanja with the reading "ki" and five hanja with the reading "nam" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. People with this name include: * Paul Roh Ki-nam (1902–1984), Korean Catholic bishop * Kim Ki-nam (politician) (born 1926), North Korean politician *Nam Gi-nam (1942–2019), South Korean film and cartoon director See also *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 sm ... References {{given name Korean masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nam Gi-nam
Nam Gi-Nam (April 17, 1942 – July 24, 2019) was a prolific South Korean director of movies, cartoons and TV series. Born in Gwangju, South Korea, he graduated from Sorabol Art College. He made his debut in 1972 in film, 1972 with ''Don't Cry My Daughter'' (''Naettara uljimara''). The main genres in which he worked were animation, comedies, and science fiction. He was often associated with actor/director Shim Hyung-rae. Filmography * 1972 : ''Don't Cry My Daughter'' [Naedala uljimara] * 1977 : ''Mister O'' (Mister Zero) * 1977 : ''Gate of Death and Life'' [Sasaengmun] * 1978 : ''Jeongmumun'' * 1978 : ''Returned Tiger'' [Dolaon bulbeom] * 1978 : ''Horimsa Temple'' [Horimsa daetonggwan] * 1979 : ''The Burning Solim Temple'' [Bultaneun solimsa] * 1979 : ''The Treasure'' [Nomabisa] * 1979 : ''Faithful Sang-yong'' [Sang-yong tongcheobjang] * 1979 : ''Do Not Look Backward'' [Dwidola boji mara] * 1979 : ''The Man Who Caught the Storm'' [Pokpungeul jabeun sanai] * 1980 : ''Barefoot From ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nam (Korean Name)
Nam is a Korean family name meaning "south". The 2000 South Korean census found 257,178 people with this family name, of whom 150,394 belonged to the Uiryeong Nam ''bon-gwan''. According to the same census, the place with the highest frequency of people belonging to that ''bon-gwan'' was Eumseong County, North Chungcheong Province, where it accounted for 1,021 people, or 1.21% of the population; this represented a significant drop both in numbers and in proportion from the 1985 census, when it accounted for 1,427 people, or 1.71% of the population. Korean people with this surname include: *Nam Bo-ra (born 1989), South Korean actress * Nam Da-reum (born 2002), South Korean actor * Nam Da-won (born 1997), South Korean singer, member of girl group Cosmic Girls *Nam Gi-nam (born 1942), South Korean director of movies, cartoons and TV series * Nam Gyu-ri (born 1985), South Korean singer, former member of girl group SeeYa * Nam Hae-il (born 1948), South Korean naval officer *Nam Hyun-h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Ki-nam (politician)
Kim Ki-nam (; born August 28, 1934) is a North Korean official. He is a former Vice Chairman (previously Secretary) of the Workers' Party of Korea, and Director of the Propaganda and Agitation Department from 1989 until 2017, responsible for coordinating the country's press, media, fine arts, and publishing to support government policy. He was also a vice-chairman of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland, in which capacity he led numerous visits to the South, and has served several terms in the Supreme People's Assembly, to which he was first elected in November 1977. Early life and career Kim Ki-nam was born in Anda, Heilongjiang, China A graduate from the Kim Il-sung University and Soviet party schools, at first he worked in foreign affairs (being North Korea's ambassador to Beijing in the early 1950s) before moving to the Propaganda and Agitation Department in the late 1960s. In 1974, he was appointed editor of the Party's theoretical magazine, ''Kull ... [...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] |
Paul Roh Ki-nam
Paul Marie Kinam Roh (22 January 1902 – 25 June 1984) was Apostolic Vicar of Seoul in 1940–1962 and then Archbishop for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seoul in 1962–1967. He was noted as Pro-American and Anti-Communist in the Syngman Rhee Syngman Rhee (, ; 26 March 1875 – 19 July 1965) was a South Korean politician who served as the first president of South Korea from 1948 to 1960. Rhee was also the first and last president of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Ko ... years. References Roman Catholic archbishops of Seoul 1902 births 1984 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in South Korea Jangyeon No clan Roman Catholic bishops of Pyongyang Roman Catholic bishops of Seoul {{SouthKorea-RC-archbishop-stub ... [...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] |
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] |
