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Min-seok
Min-seok, also spelled Min-suk, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 27 hanja with the reading "min" and 20 hanja with the reading " seok" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. People with this name include: ;Sportspeople * Kim Min-suk (swimmer) (born 1979), South Korean swimmer *Kim Min-seok (table tennis) (born 1992), South Korean table tennis player *Kim Min-seok (figure skater) (born 1993), South Korean figure skater *Kim Min-seok (speed skater) (born 1999), South Korean speed skater ;Entertainers * Oh Min-suk (born 1980), South Korean actor * Kim Min-seok (actor) (born 1990), South Korean actor * Xiumin (born Kim Min-seok, 1990), South Korean singer, member of Exo * South Korean lyricist who wrote the song "Fucking USA" ;Other * Cho Minsuk (born 1966), South Korean architect *Baek Minseok (born 1971), South Korean writer *J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Min-seok (actor)
Kim Min-seok (born January 24, 1990) is a South Korean actor. He played the role of the main character in Shark: The Beginning (2021). He had supporting roles in television series such as ''Flower Band'' (2012), '' Descendants of the Sun'', '' The Doctors'' (2016) and ''Innocent Defendant'' (2017). Career Kim participated in ''Superstar K 3'', a survival audition show for singers on Mnet. He showed up at the preliminary regional audition in Daegu but never made it to the group of 11 contestants that actually competed in the show. Shortly after, Kim made his debut in tvN's music youth series ''Flower Band'', playing an ambitious keyboard player. He gained recognition with his role in the pan-Asia hit drama '' Descendants of the Sun''. The same year, he starred in SBS' medical drama '' The Doctors'' and won the Best New Actor award at the 53rd Baeksang Arts Awards. In 2017, Kim played supporting roles in SBS' legal thriller ''Innocent Defendant'', JTBC's coming-of-age drama ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Min-seok (figure Skater)
Kim Min-seok (Korean: 김민석, born February 19, 1993) is a South Korean former figure skater. He is the 2012 Asian Trophy silver medalist, and a two-time (2009, 2010) South Korean national champion. He is the first Korean skater to land a triple Axel Triple is used in several contexts to mean "threefold" or a " treble": Sports * Triple (baseball), a three-base hit * A basketball three-point field goal * A figure skating jump with three rotations * In bowling terms, three strikes in a row * I ... in ISU competition. Programs Competitive highlights References External links * South Korean male single skaters Living people 1993 births Figure skaters at the 2011 Asian Winter Games Competitors at the 2013 Winter Universiade Sportspeople from Daejeon {{Korea-figure-skating-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oh Min-suk
Oh Min-suk (born April 22, 1980) is a South Korean actor. He was known by his ex-stage name Han Ki-joo. Filmography Film Television series Web series Television shows Music videos Awards and nominations Notes References External links * *Oh Min-suk Fan Cafeat Daum * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Oh, Min-suk 1980 births Living people South Korean male stage actors South Korean male television actors South Korean male film actors South Korean male web series actors 21st-century South Korean male actors Male actors from Seoul Kyung Hee University alumni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Min-seok (speed Skater)
Kim Min-seok ( ko, 김민석; born 14 June 1999) is a South Korean speed skater. He participated in the 2018 Winter Olympics , nations = 93 , athletes = 2,922 (1,680 men and 1,242 women) , events = 102 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = , closing = , opened_by = President Moon Jae-in , cauldron = Kim Yun-a , stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium , winte ... and won a bronze medal in the 1500 m race, skating in his first ever Olympic event. He became the first Asian athlete to medal at this event. Kim then added to his medal tally by winning a silver medal in the team pursuit event. Filmography Variety show References {{DEFAULTSORT:Kim, Min-seok Living people 1999 births South Korean male speed skaters Speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic speed skaters of South Korea Olympic silver medalists for South Korea Olympic bronze medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xiumin
Kim Min-seok (; born March 26, 1990), better known by his stage name Xiumin (; ), is a South Korean singer and actor. He is best known as a member of the South Korean-Chinese boy band Exo, its sub-group Exo-M and its sub-unit Exo-CBX. He debuted as a soloist on September 26, 2022 with the release of his EP, ''Brand New''. Name His stage name is a combination of the Chinese reading of hanja characters 秀 (xiù), which means great or show, and 珉 (mín) which is part of his birth name. Life and career 1990–2013: Early life and career beginnings Xiumin was born on March 26, 1990 in Seoul and grew up in Guri, Gyeonggi Province. He was a student at Catholic Kwandong University where he attended a seminar and gave a presentation for students in Applied Music. Xiumin learned martial arts and has a black belt in Kendo and Taekwondo. He also trained in Wushu and Fencing. Xiumin is also known as an avid fan of football, and is an honorary ambassador of the Korea Football Associat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baek Minseok
Baek Minseok (Hangul: 백민석) is a modern South Korean writer. Life Baek Minseok was born in 1971, in Seoul. In 2004, Baek announced that he would no longer write and since then, he has suspended all writing activities. Work Baek Minseok made his debut with in 1995 with "I Loved Candy" (내가 사랑한 캔디). His work is representative of a prevailing aesthetic within Korean fiction Korean literature is the body of literature produced by Koreans, mostly in the Korean language and sometimes in Classical Chinese. For much of Korea's 1,500 years of literary history, it was written in Hanja. It is commonly divided into classica ... in the mid-1990s, bizarre fiction. Bizarre fiction is opposed to societal norms and accepted systems, often portraying the weird and cruel in a humorous light. Characterized by a heightened imagination that is filled with gory and graphic images, Baek's work often makes direct reference to the bizarre, such as in the case of his represen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seok (Korean Name)
Seok, also spelled Suk, is a rare Korean family name held by about 56,500 South Koreans, as well as an element in some Korean given names. As a family name The family name Seok can be written with either of two hanja, one meaning "stone" (), and the other meaning "ancient" (). The former version is the more widespread of the two. The 2000 South Korean census found 46,066 people by this name. Of these, the great majority are members of the Gyeongju Seok clan and the Chungju (also called Hongju) Seok clan. The latter had a 2000 South Korean population of 9,544. The Gyeongju Seok clan claims descent from certain of the early rulers of Silla; the first Gyeongju Seok to sit on the throne was the fourth Silla king, Talhae. In a study by the National Institute of the Korean Language based on 2007 application data for South Korean passports, it was found that 61.3% of people with that surname spelled it in Latin letters as Seok in their passports, vs. 30.6% as Suk. Rarer alternative sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Min-suk (swimmer)
Kim Min-suk (; born February 3, 1979) is a retired South Korean swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle and backstroke events. He is a two-time Olympian (1996 and 2000), and a double medalist at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan. Kim made his official debut, as a 17-year-old, at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He failed to reach the top 16 final in the 100 m backstroke, finishing in thirty-ninth place with a time of 58.43. He also placed fifteenth as a member of the South Korean team in the 4×200 m freestyle relay (7:45.98), and seventeenth in the 4×100 m medley relay (3:50.84). At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Kim decided to experiment with the sprint freestyle, competing only in two swimming events. He posted FINA B-standards of 22.99 (50 m freestyle) and 51.14 (100 m freestyle) from the Dong-A Swimming Tournament in Ulsan. In the 100 m freestyle, Kim placed twenty-fourth on the morning's prelims. Swimming in heat six, he picked up a second spot by 0.21 of a s ... [...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] |
Min (Korean Given Name)
Min is a single-syllable Korean given name, as well as a common syllable in Korean given names. Hanja and meaning In given names, the meaning of Min differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are 27 hanja with the reading Min, and four variant forms, on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names; they are: # (): "the people" # (): "agile" # (): "pity" # (): "beautiful gemstone" # (): "heaven" # (): "gentle" # (): the surname Min # (): "jade" #*: variant forms # (): the name of a mountain # (): "to exert" #*: variant form # (): "intelligence" # (): "tough" # (): "concerned" # (): "trickling water" # (): "robustness" # (): "strong" # (): "to perish" # (): "stifling" # (): "fishing line" # (, a variant form of ) # (): " coin string" # () # (): name of a tribe # (): "sight" # (): "net" # (): "jade" # (): "jade" People People with the single-syllable given name Min include: * Geum Min (born 1962), South Korean politician *Namkoong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeong Yol
Jeong Yol (; born October 19, 1978) is a South Korean LGBT rights activist. Since the foundation of Solidarity for LGBT Human Rights of Korea in 1997, he has been an early member of SLRK. From 1998 to 2012, he had been a representative of SLRK. His real name is Jeong Min-suk (정민석). During college, he acknowledged that he was gay. Later, while serving his mandatory military service, he came out as a homosexual. Then, his commanding officer took him to a mental hospital.동성애자 인권운동가 정욜씨의 삶 오마이뉴스 2005.02.18 After his discharge, he worked as a pastry chef for six years. In 1997, he joined SLRK. In 2000, he spent more time with SLRK, From 2002 to 2012, he has been a representative of SLRK. In February 2003, the word "homosexual" was deemed a har ... [...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] |
