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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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seong
Seong, also spelled Song or Sung, is an uncommon Korean family name, a single-syllable Korean given name, as well as a common element in two-syllable Korean given names. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. Family name The family name Seong is written with only one hanja, meaning "succeed" or "accomplish" (). The 2000 South Korean Census found 167,903 people with this family name, up by six percent from 158,385 in the 1985 census. This increase was far smaller than the fifteen percent growth in the overall South Korean population over the same period. They traced their origins to only a single ''bon-gwan'', Changnyeong County. This was also the place where they formed the highest concentration of the local population, with 2,360 people (3.61%). In a study by the National Institute of the Korean Language based on 2007 application data for South Korean passports, it was found that 67.4% of people with this surname spelled it in Latin letters as Sung in their p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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) ... [...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] |
Jung Sung-sook
Jung Sung-Sook (born January 26, 1972) is a South Korean judoka. She won two Olympic bronze medals in the half-middleweight division in 1996 and 2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from S .... In 1994, Jung won the gold medal at the World judo championships in Chiba, Japan. She is a 5-time champion in the half-middleweight division at the Asian Championships. External links * * * * 1972 births Living people Judoka at the 1996 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka of South Korea Olympic bronze medalists for South Korea Olympic medalists in judo Asian Games medalists in judo Judoka at the 1994 Asian Games Judoka at the 1998 Asian Games South Korean female judoka Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O Song-suk
O Song-suk (born 2 September 1977) is a North Korean long-distance runner who competes in the marathon. Her personal best time is 2:31:14 hours, achieved in April 2002 in Pyongyang. She finished 23rd in the marathon at the 2005 World Championships. She also won the 2004 Pyongyang Marathon. She was the silver medallist at the 2003 Military World Games The 2003 Military World Games was an international multi-sport event for military personnel which was held in Catania, Italy from 4–11 December 2003. It was the third edition of the Military World Games, competition organised by the Conseil Int .... Marathon.se (2003-12-10). Retrieved on 2014-08-12. Achievements *All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise Refer ...
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Korean Feminine 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, 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 Lower Paleolithic era in the Korean Peninsula and Manchuria began roughly half a million years ago. Christopher J. Norton, "The Current State of Korean Paleoanthropology", (2000), ''Journal of Human Evolution'', 38: 803–825. The earlies ..., the history of Kor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
