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Jae-kyung
Jae-kyung is a Korean unisex given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 20 hanja with the reading " jae" and 54 hanja with the reading "kyung" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. People with this name include: *Pak Jae-gyong (born 1933), North Korean male general and politician *Cha Jae-kyung (born 1971), South Korean female handball player *Jane Shin (born Shin Jae-kyung, 1980), South Korean-born Canadian female politician *Park Jae-kyung (golfer) (born 1984), South Korean male golfer *Kim Jae-kyung (born 1988), South Korean female singer 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 unisex gi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Jae-kyung
Kim Jae-kyung (born December 24, 1988), formerly known mononymously as Jaekyung, is a South Korean actress and singer. Before transitioning to acting full-time, she was a member and leader of the South Korean girl group Rainbow. Early life and education Kim was born in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, South Korea on December 24, 1988. She studied at Deungchon High School and Dongduk Women's University, where she majored in Fashion Design. Her brother is N.Flying's Jaehyun. Career Pre-debut She was a trainee at JYP Entertainment before switching to DSP Media. While under DSP Media, in 2007 she was asked if she wanted to debut as a member of Kara. Kim turned the offer down because she thought she would be happy with her Rainbow members. In 2007, she was asked to join SM Entertainment, hinting at the possibility that she may have joined Girls' Generation. In 2008, she appeared in SS501's song "A Song Calling For You" music video before debuting as a Rainbow member. 2009–2016: Rainbow, R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Park Jae-kyung (golfer)
Park Jae-kyung ( ko, 박재경; born 15 February 1984) is a South Korean professional golfer currently playing on the Korean Tour. Early life and amateur golf career Park was born into a golfing family. His grand-uncle Park Myeong-chul served as the 3rd and 4th President of the KPGA, and was a South Korean representative for the World Cup from 1956 to 1959. His father's elder brother, his father, and his own elder brother are all KPGA tour professionals. Unsurprisingly, Park was exposed to golf from a young age and his childhood was filled with golf clubs instead of toys. It was in 6th grade that Park decided that he would pursue a golfing career. Professional career Park became a member of the KPGA in 2003, first as a professional on 29 April, then as a tour professional on 29 August. He made his Korean Tour debut in 2004. Park completed his mandatory military service obligations from 2008 to 2010. Park came in third place in his first competition after military service, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cha Jae-kyung
Cha Jae-kyung (born November 1, 1971) is a South Korean team handball player and Olympic champion. She competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ..., where she received a gold medal with the Korean team."1992 Summer Olympics – Barcelona, Spain – Handball" ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on April 24, 2008) References External links * * * 1971 births ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jae (Korean Name)
Jae is a single-syllable Korean given name, as well as element in two-syllable Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja chosen by the name-giver. Hanja and meaning , regulations of the Supreme Court of Korea permit the following 20 hanja with the reading Jae, plus seven variant forms, to be registered for use in given names. Eleven characters from the table of basic hanja for educational use: # (): "talent" #* ''(variant)''This is officially listed as a separate character in Schedule 1 of the regulations, rather than a variant form in Schedule 2 of the regulations. # (): "timber" # (): "wealth" # (): "to exist", "to be located at" #* ''(variant)'' # (): "to plant", "to cultivate" #* ''(variant)'' # (): "twice", "again" # (): ''emphasis particle in Classical Chinese grammar'' # (): "disaster" #* ''(variant)'' # (): "to cut" # (): "to load" # (): "to rule" Nine characters from the table of additional hanja for name use: # (): "''Juglans mandshurica''" (tree) # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyung
Kyung, also spelled Kyoung, Gyeong, Kyeong, or Kyong, is an uncommon Korean family name, as well as a single-syllable Korean given name and an element in many two-syllable Korean given names. As a family name The 2000 South Korean Census found 15,784 people with the family name Kyung. It may be written with either of two different hanja. Those with the name meaning "scenery" () may belong to one of two different ''bon-gwan'': Haeju, South Hwanghae, in what is today North Korea, and Taein (泰仁). There is only one ''bon-gwan'' for the other Kyung surname, meaning "celebration" (): Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do, in what is today South Korea. In a study by the National Institute of the Korean Language based on 2007 application data for South Korean passports, it was found that 69.2% of people with this surname spelled it in Latin letters as Kyung in their passports, while another 19.2% spelled it as Kyoung. The Revised Romanisation spelling Gyeong came in third place at 7.6%. Rarer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pak Jae-gyong
Pak Jae-gyong (; born 10 June 1933) is a North Korean politician and soldier. A general in the Korean People's Army (KPA), Pak is a Vice Minister in the Ministry of People's Armed Forces as well as a member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK). Pak is also a delegate of the 12th Supreme People's Assembly (SPA). He was one of 31 commandos sent to assassinate South Korean president Park Chung-hee in the Blue House raid in 1968, and one of two survivors. Early life and education Pak was born in North Hamgyong Province while Korea was under Japanese rule and attended the Kim Il-Sung Political and Military College. Blue House raid Pak was one of thirty-one men handpicked for the 1968 Blue House raid (also known as the January 21 Incident in South Korea), an assassination attempt on the life of South Korean President Park Chung-hee. Pak was one of only two survivors of the failed mission, the other being Kim Shin-jo, and was the only one to return to the ... [...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] |
Jane Shin
Jane Jae Kyung Shin (Korean: 신재경, Hanja: 申才炅) is a Canadian academic and former politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2013 provincial election."Burnaby-Lougheed results: Jane Shin takes riding for NDP" , May 14, 2013. She is currently the Vice-President, Students & Community Development at . She represented the electoral district of [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
