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Sol (Korean Surname)
Seol (also spelled as Sul or Sol) is a Korean family name, spelled 설 in hangul and 薛 or 偰 in hanja. People who have this name include * Seol Sa (Won Hyo) (617 – 686), Silla Dynasty monk * Seol Chong (650 – 730), Silla Dynasty scholar * Sol Kyung-gu (born 1968), South Korean actor * Seol Ki-hyeon (born 1979), South Korean football player * Seol In-ah (born 1996), South Korean actress Lineages The Korean family name Seol can be written with either of two homophonous hanja. Each of those three are broken down into a number of clans, identified by their ''bon-gwan'' (clan hometown, not necessarily the actual residence of the clan members), which indicate different lineage Lineage may refer to: Science * Lineage (anthropology), a group that can demonstrate its common descent from an apical ancestor or a direct line of descent from an ancestor * Lineage (evolution), a temporal sequence of individuals, populati ...s. More common (薛) (맑은대쑥 설 ''malgeundae ... [...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] |
