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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) ...
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Korean Given Name
A Korean name (Hangul: ; Hanja: ) consists of a family name followed by a given name, as used by the Korean people in both South Korea and North Korea. In the Korean language, ''ireum'' or ''seongmyeong'' usually refers to the family name (''seong'') and given name (''ireum'' in a narrow sense) together. Korean names are descended from Chinese names as part of Sino-Korean vocabulary. Traditional Korean family names typically consist of only one syllable. There is no middle name in the English language sense. Many Koreans have their given names made of a generational name syllable and an individually distinct syllable, though this practice is rarely seen nowadays. The generational name syllable is shared by siblings in North Korea, and by all members of the same generation of an extended family in South Korea. Married men and women keep their full personal names, and children inherit the father's family name unless otherwise settled when registering the marriage. The family nam ...
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Mi-sook
Mi-sook is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 33 hanja with the reading "mi" 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. Mi-sook was the second-most popular name for newborn girls in South Korea in 1960. People with this name include: * Kim Mi-sook (born 1959), South Korean actress * Lee Mi-sook (born 1961), South Korean actress *Chung Misook (born 1962), South Korean voice actress * Kim Mi-sook (handballer) (born 1962), South Korean handball player * Ki Mi-sook (born 1967), South Korean handball player * Kang Mi-suk (curler) (born 1968), South Korean wheelchair curler * Kang Mi-suk (weightlifter) (born 1977), South Korean weightlifter 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 ...
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Yoon-sook
Yun-suk, also spelled Yoon-sook or Youn-sook, is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 16 hanja with the reading "yun" and 13 hanja with the reading "suk" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. People with this name include: *Moh Youn-sook (1910–1990), South Korean poet *Hong Yun-suk (born 1925), South Korean poet * Choi Yun-suk (born 1979), South Korean speed skater * Kim Yoon-sook, South Korean badminton player; represented South Korea at the 1984 All England Open Badminton Championships 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 External linksPage for the name "윤숙"on erumy. ...
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Sung-sook
Sung-sook, also spelled Song-suk, is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning depends on the 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, ... used to write each syllable of the name. There are 27 hanja with the reading " sung" 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. People with this name include: * Jung Sung-sook (born 1972), South Korean judo practitioner * O Song-suk (born 1977), North Korean long-distance runner See also * List of Korean given names References {{given name Korean feminine given names Feminine given names ...
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Eun-sook
Eun-sook, also spelled Eun-suk, Un-sook or Un-suk, is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 26 hanja with the reading "''eun''" 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. People with this name include: *Sunwoo Eun-sook (born 1959), South Korean actress * Unsuk Chin (born 1961), South Korean composer * Choi Eun-suk (born 1963), South Korean cyclist *Kim Eun-sook (basketball) (born 1963), South Korean former basketball player *Jo Eun-sook (born 1970), South Korean actress * Kim Eun-sook (born 1973), South Korean screenwriter * Phyo Un-suk (born 1981), North Korean long-distance runner * Choi Eun-sook (born 1986), South Korean épée fencer *Yoo Eun-sook, South Korean voice actor See also *List of Korean given names This is a list of Korean given names by type. Most Korean given names consist of tw ...
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Sook-ja
Sook-ja, also spelled Suk-ja, is a Korean female given name. According to South Korean government data, it was the fifth-most popular name for newborn girls in 1940. The characters used to write this name can also be read as a number of different Japanese female given names, including Yoshiko and Toshiko. There are 13 hanja with the reading " sook" and 28 hanja with the reading "ja" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. Typically, "ja" is written with the hanja meaning "child" (). It is one of a number of Japanese-style names ending in "ja", like Young-ja and Jeong-ja, that were popular when Korea was under Japanese rule, but declined in popularity afterwards. By 1950 there were no names ending in "ja" in the top ten. People with this name include: *Kim Sook-ja (1926–1991), South Korean ''pansori'' musician *Hong Sook-ja (born 1933), South Korean diplomat and writer * Sue Kim Bonifazio, birth name Kim Sook-ja, South Korean-b ...
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Young-sook
Young-sook, also spelled Yong-suk, is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 75 hanja with the reading " young" 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. Names starting with "Young" were popular for South Korean babies of both sexes born in the 1940s and 1950s, and Young-sook was the most common of these for baby girls. In 2012, there were more than forty thousand South Koreans with the name Kim Young-sook, making it the most common full name in the country. People with this name include: ;Artists and writers *Han Young-suk (1920–1990), South Korean traditional dancer *Kang Young-sook (born 1967), South Korean writer ;Sportspeople *Kim Young-sook (born 1965), South Korean field hockey player *Yun Young-sook (born 1971), South Korean archer * Huh Young-sook (born 1975), South Korean handball player *K ...
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Myung-sook
Myung-sook, also spelled Myeong-sook or Myong-suk, is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 19 hanja with the reading "myung" 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. Myung-sook was the fifth-most popular name for newborn girls in South Korea in 1950. People with this name include: *Han Myeong-sook (born 1944), South Korea's first female prime minister * Kim Myong-suk (born 1947), North Korean volleyball player * Paek Myong-suk (born 1954), North Korean volleyball player * Kimshin Myongsuk (born 1961), South Korean feminist activist * Jong Myong-suk (born 1993), North Korean wrestler Fictional characters with this name include: *Myung-sook, character portrayed by Bang Eun-hee in 2004–2005 South Korean television series ''Precious Family'' See also *List of Korean given names This is a list of Kor ...
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Kyung-sook
Kyung-sook, also spelled Gyeong-suk, Kyung-suk or Kyong-suk, is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 54 hanja with the reading "kyung" 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. Kyung-sook was the seventh-most popular name for baby girls in South Korea in 1950, rising to fifth place by 1960. People with this name include: * Pak Kyong-suk (1921–2020), North Korean politician *Jeong Gyeong-suk (born ), South Korean flight attendant, one of the unreturned victims of the 1969 Korean Air Lines YS-11 hijacking * Mun Gyeong-suk (born 1945), South Korean volleyball player *Shin Kyung-sook Kyung-Sook Shin, also Shin Kyung-sook or Shin Kyoung-sook (, born 12 January 1963), is a South Korean writer. She was the only South Korean and only woman to win the Man Asian Literary Prize in 2012 for '' Please Look A ...
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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 ...
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Jung-sook
Jung-sook, also spelled Jeong-sook or Jong-suk, is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 75 hanja with the reading "jung" 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. According to South Korean government data, Jung-sook was the fourth-most popular name for newborn girls in 1940, rising to second place by 1950. People with this name include: *Ho Jong-suk (1908–1991), Korean independence activist, later a North Korean politician *Kim Jong-suk (1917 or 1919–1949), Korean anti-Japanese guerrilla, first wife of North Korean leader Kim Il-sung * Oh Jeong-suk (1935–2008), South Korean ''pansori'' musician *Kim Jung-sook (born 1954), South Korean classical vocalist, wife of South Korean president Moon Jae-in *Yun Jeong-suk (born 1966), South Korean fencer * Lee Jeong-sook (born 1971), South Korean fencer * Li ...
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In-sook
In-sook, also spelled In-suk, is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 29 hanja with the reading " in" and 13 hanja with the reading " sook" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. In-sook was the eighth-most popular name for newborn South Korean girls in 1950. People with this name include: *Tak In-suk (born 1949), North Korean speed skater *Lee In-sook (born 1950), South Korean volleyball player *Ahn In-sook (born 1952), South Korean actress * Insook Bhushan (Korean name Na Insook, born 1952), South Korean-born American table tennis player *Hwang In-suk (born 1958), South Korean poet * Insook Choi (born 1962), South Korean-born American composer *Kim Insuk (born 1963), South Korean writer * Kwon In-suk (born 1964), South Korean labour organiser * Guk In-suk (born 1965), South Korean rower See also *List of Korean given names This is a list of Kore ...
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