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Hyun-wook
Hyun-wook, also spelled Hyeon-uk or Hyon-uk, is a Korean masculine 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 11 hanja with the reading "wook" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. People with this name include: * Park Hyun-wook (born 1967), South Korean writer * Cho Hyun-wook (born 1970), South Korean high jumper *Jong Hyun-wook (born 1978), South Korean baseball player * Lee Hyun-wook (born 1985), South Korean actor * So Hyon-uk (born 1992), North Korean football player 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 Mas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Hyun-wook
Lee Hyun-wook (born June 17, 1985) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his roles in the television series '' Hell Is Other People'' (2019), '' Mine'' (2021) and '' Remarriage & Desires'' (2022). Early life and education Lee Hyun-wook became interested in acting when he was in middle school. His parents were against it but his grandmother helped him enroll in an acting academy. Lee graduated from Anyang Arts High School and Korea National University of Arts. Career Lee Hyun-wook started his acting career playing in short films: ''Repatriation'' (2000), ''The Camel'' (2008), ''Thorn Hearted'' (2010) and ''The Out Boxer'' (2011). The latter earned him the Face in Shorts Award at the 10th Asiana International Short Film Festival in 2012. In 2013, Lee was appointed special jury member of the 11th Asiana International Short Film Festival alongside Lee Jung-jae. In 2014, Lee made his television debut in the action-thriller series '' Three Days'' as the right-hand man of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Park Hyun-wook
Park Hyun-wook (; born 1967) is a South Korean writer. Life Park Hyun-wook was born in Seoul, South Korea in 1967. He studied sociology at Yonsei University. He made his literary debut in 2001 when his novel ''Dongjeong eopneun sesang'' (동정 없는 세상 A World Without Virginity) won the Munhakdongne Writer Award. He also wrote the short story collection ''Geu yeojaui chimdae'' (그 여자의 침대 The Woman's Bed) and the novels ''Anaega gyeolhonhetda'' (아내가 결혼했다 My Wife Got Married) and ''Saenuen'' (새는 Birds Are). ''Anaega'' received the 2nd World Literature Award. Writing Park Hyun-wook’s stories typically concern romantic relationships between men and women. His debut novel ''Dongjeong eopneun sesang'' (동정 없는 세상 A World Without Virginity) is about a virgin teenager named Junho who is set on having sex with his girlfriend Seoyoung. He obsesses over losing his virginity because he doesn’t know how else to become an adult. Despite th ... [...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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cho Hyun-wook
Cho Hyun-Wook (, born 15 March 1970) is a retired South Korean high jumper. He competed at the 1988, 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ..., but did not reach the final. His personal best jump is 2.28 metres, achieved in May 1992 in Seoul. References 1970 births Living people South Korean male high jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of South Korea Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Asian Games Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Asia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jong Hyun-wook
Jong Hyun-Wook (; born December 2, 1978, in Goryeong, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea), nicknamed "Slave Jong ()", is a former South Korean relief pitcher in the KBO League. Amateur career Jong attended Dongdaemoon Commerce High School in Seoul, South Korea. In 1995, he was selected to the South Korea national junior team, and participated in the 1995 World Junior Baseball Championship in Boston, United States, along with future Major League pitchers Kim Sun-Woo, Seo Jae-Weong and Kim Byung-Hyun. Notable international careers Professional career Signed by the Samsung Lions in January 1998, he temporarily left the Samsung Lions for the two-year military service In the 2005 season, and returned to the team in August 2007. Many baseball fans describe him as a "whatever-is-needed utility pitcher" because of his ability to fill in as a starting pitcher or relief pitcher as needed. In the 2008 season, Jong took a role as a utility pitcher for the Lions, pitc ... [...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] |
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] |
So Hyon-uk
So Hyon-uk (born 17 April 1992) is a North Korean international footballer who plays as a forward for the North Korea national football team. Club career He played with April 25 Sports Club in North Korea before moving abroad in 2017 to play in Bosnia and Herzegovina first with HŠK Zrinjski Mostar and then on loan at NK GOŠK Gabela, both playing in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina.So Hyon-uk profile at Soccerway After one year in Herzegovina he left with technical staff of both clubs indicating that despite his great performances, his spell in Herzegovina was not more successful because of communication difficulties since he did not speak any English. However, his performances did not pass unnoticed in neighbouring Serbia with a top-league club, [...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] |
