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Hyun-sook
Hyun-sook, also spelled Hyon-suk or Hyeon-sook, is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 35 hanja with the reading " hyun" and 13 hanja with the reading " sook" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. Hyun-sook was the sixth-most popular name for newborn girls in South Korea in 1950, falling to eighth place by 1960. People with this name include: *Chung Hyun-sook (born 1952), South Korean table tennis player *Han Hyun-sook (born 1970), South Korean handball player *Lee Hyeon-sook (born 1971), South Korean comics artist *Kim Hyun-sook (born 1978), South Korean actress and comedian *Ko Hyon-suk (born 1985), North Korean speed skater *Pak Hyon-suk (born 1985), North Korean weightlifter *Ri Hyon-suk (born 1989), North Korean volleyball player *Goo Hyun-sook, South Korean television writer See also *List of Korean given names This is a list ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Hyun-sook
Kim Hyun-sook (born October 16, 1978) is a South Korean actress and comedian. She is best known for playing the title character in ''Ugly Miss Young-ae'', a long-running sitcom A sitcom, a portmanteau of situation comedy, or situational comedy, is a genre of comedy centered on a fixed set of characters who mostly carry over from episode to episode. Sitcoms can be contrasted with sketch comedy, where a troupe may use ne ... that depicts the reality of life as a single, older woman in Korea. Filmography Television series Web series Film Variety show Theater Awards and nominations References External links * * * * 1978 births Living people South Korean television actresses South Korean film actresses South Korean stage actresses South Korean musical theatre actresses Kyungsung University alumni {{SouthKorea-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goo Hyun-sook
Goo Hyun-sook () is a South Korean TV series writer. She debuted in 1999. List of works Awards and nominations References Living people Chung-Ang University alumni Year of birth missing (living people) {{SouthKorea-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyun (Korean Name)
Hyun, also spelled Hyeon or Hyon, Hyoun, is a Korean surname, a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in many two-syllable Korean given names. As given name meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are 42 hanja with the reading "''hyun''" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. As a surname Overview The family name Hyun is written with only one hanja (; 검을 현 ''geomeul hyeon'') meaning "dark" or "mysterious". The 2000 South Korean Census found 81,807 people and 25,547 households with this family name. In a study by the National Institute of the Korean Language based on 2007 application data for South Korean passports, it was found that 80.5% of people with this surname spelled it in Latin letters as Hyun in their passports. Another 14.9% spelled it as Hyeon, and 2.2% as Hyoun. Rarer alternative spellings (the remaining 2.4%) included Heon and Hyean. Clans The surviving ''bon-gwan'' (origin of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sook (Korean Name)
Sook, also spelled Suk, is a single-syllable Korean given name, as well as an element in many two-syllable Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. Meaning and hanja There are 13 hanja with this reading on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names; they are: # (): "uncle" # (): "pure" # (): "sleep" # (): "who" # (): "ripe" # (): "solemn" # (): "schoolroom" # (): name of a kind of jade # (): "jade bowl" # (): "tall and straight" # (): "early" # (): "deep" # (): "beans" Single-syllable given name People with the given name Sook include: * Kim Sook (diplomat) (born 1952), South Korean male diplomat * Mun Suk (born 1966), South Korean female cyclist *Kim Sook (comedian) (born 1975), South Korean female comedian As name element In the mid-20th century, various names containing this element were popular for newborn Korean girls, including: * Hyun-sook (6th place in 1950, 8th place in 1960) ... [...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] |
Korea
Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republic of Korea) comprising its southern half. Korea consists of the Korean Peninsula, Jeju Island, and several minor islands near the peninsula. The peninsula is bordered by China to the northwest and Russia to the northeast. It is separated from Japan to the east by the Korea Strait and the Sea of Japan (East Sea). During the first half of the 1st millennium, Korea was divided between three states, Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla, together known as the Three Kingdoms of Korea. In the second half of the 1st millennium, Silla defeated and conquered Baekje and Goguryeo, leading to the "Unified Silla" period. Meanwhile, Balhae formed in the north, superseding former Goguryeo. Unified Silla eventually collapsed into three separate states due to ... [...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] |
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eastern border is defined by the Sea of Japan. South Korea claims to be the sole legitimate government of the entire peninsula and List of islands of South Korea, adjacent islands. It has a Demographics of South Korea, population of 51.75 million, of which roughly half live in the Seoul Capital Area, the List of metropolitan areas by population, fourth most populous metropolitan area in the world. Other major cities include Incheon, Busan, and Daegu. The Korean Peninsula was inhabited as early as the Lower Paleolithic period. Its Gojoseon, first kingdom was noted in Chinese records in the early 7th century BCE. Following the unification of the Three Kingdoms of Korea into Unified Silla, Silla and Balhae in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chung Hyun-sook
Chung Hyun-Sook (born 3 January 1952) is a former table tennis player from South Korea. She won a gold medal in the Women's Team event at the World Table Tennis Championships The World Table Tennis Championships are table tennis competitions sanctioned by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). The World Championships have been held since 1926, biennially since 1957. Five individual events, which include m ... in 1973. She became vice-president of the Republic of Korea Table Tennis Association in February 2013. References 1950s births Living people Asian Games medalists in table tennis South Korean female table tennis players Table tennis players at the 1974 Asian Games Medalists at the 1974 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea 20th-century South Korean women {{SouthKorea-tabletennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Han Hyun-sook
Han Hyun-Sook (born March 17, 1970) is a South Korean team handball player and Olympic champion. She received a gold medal with the South Korean team at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul."1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Handball" ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on April 6, 2008) At the in Barcelona
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Lee Hyeon-sook
Lee Hyeon-sook (; born December 29, 1971) is a South Korean manhwa artist who made her debut in 1992. Her works include '' Seduction More Beautiful Than Love'', about a teacher and her student, and '' The Flower of Evil'', a dark story about twins. Works * ''Making Friends'' (1992) * ''Ocean of Stars'' (1999) * '' Really?!'' (2001) * '' The Shadow of Moon'' (2001) * '' Seduction More Beautiful Than Love'' (2004) * '' Pure Love Stories'' (2006) * '' The Flower of Evil'' (2006) * ''Savage Garden Savage Garden was an Australian pop duo consisting of Darren Hayes on vocals and Daniel Jones on instruments. Formed in Brisbane, Queensland, in 1993, the duo achieved international success from the mid-1990s to early 2000s with the No. ...'' (2009) *''Nobody Knows'' (2012) *''The Mean Boy'' (BL Webtoon) (CopinComics) (2014) *''The Beast Must Die'' (BL Webtoon) (Lezhin) (2017) *''I will be here for you'' (BL Webtoon) (Lezhin) (2022) References Living people 1971 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ko Hyon-suk
Ko Hyon-suk (born 21 March 1985) is a speed skater who competed for North Korea at the 2010 Winter Olympics as well as at the 2007 and 2011 Asian Winter Games The 2011 Asian Winter Games ( kz, 2011 жылғы қысқы Азия ойындары, 2011 jılğı qısqı Azïya oyındarı) was a multi-sport event that was held in Nur-Sultan, Astana and Almaty, Kazakhstan, that began on January 30, 2011, an .... References 1985 births North Korean female speed skaters Speed skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2007 Asian Winter Games Speed skaters at the 2011 Asian Winter Games Olympic speed skaters for North Korea Living people {{NorthKorea-speed-skating-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
