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Tae-woong
Tae-woong is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 20 hanja with the reading " tae" and two hanja with the reading "woong" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. People with this name include: * Baik Tae-ung (born 1962), South Korean law professor and former prisoner of conscience *Uhm Tae-woong Uhm Tae-woong (born April 5, 1974) is a South Korean actor. He made his acting debut in 1998, but initially struggled to emerge from under the shadow of his older sister, popular singer-actress Uhm Jung-hwa. After several years of small roles an ... (born 1974), South Korean actor * Choi Tae-woong (born 1976), South Korean volleyball player * Park Tae-woong (born 1988), South Korean footballer See also * List of Korean given names References {{given name Korean masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uhm Tae-woong
Uhm Tae-woong (born April 5, 1974) is a South Korean actor. He made his acting debut in 1998, but initially struggled to emerge from under the shadow of his older sister, popular singer-actress Uhm Jung-hwa. After several years of small roles and work in one-act dramas, Uhm began to gain recognition after his villainous turn in the romantic comedy ''Delightful Girl Choon-Hyang''. In 2005, he made his breakthrough in the critically acclaimed ''Resurrection'', followed by another revenge-themed series ''The Devil'' in 2007. Since then, he has starred in diverse leading roles on film and television, notably in ''Forever the Moment'' (2008), '' Chaw'' (2009), ''Cyrano Agency'' (2010), ''Architecture 101'' (2012), and '' Man from the Equator'' (2012). Career 1998-2004: Struggling actor Uhm Tae-woong was unsure which college course to take, so he initially joined Kyungmin College's theater department because his crush was there. But even after the girl shifted majors, Uhm stayed after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choi Tae-woong
Choi Tae-woong (born 9 April 1976) is a South Korean volleyball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 .... References 1976 births Living people South Korean men's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players of South Korea Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Asian Games medalists in volleyball Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Volleyball players at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games 21st-century South Korean people {{SouthKorea-volleyball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tae (Korean Name)
Tae, also spelled Tai or Thae, is a rare Korean family name, a single-syllable masculine Korean given name, and an element used in many two-syllable Korean given names. As a family name, it is written with a hanja meaning "great", while in given names, it may have a variety of meanings depending on the hanja used to write it. As a family name As a rare Korean family name, Tae is written with only one hanja, meaning "great" (). They are a noble clan directly descended from the royal family of the Balhae dynasty. The clan ancestor is Dae Jung-sang, the father of the founder of Balhae, Dae Jo-young. The 2000 South Korean Census found 8,165 people with the family name Tae. In a study by the National Institute of the Korean Language based on 2007 application data for South Korean passports, it was found that 28.5% of people with that surname spelled it in Latin letters as Tai in their passports, vs. 57.1% as Tae. People with this surname trace their origins to several ''bon-gwan'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woong
Woong, also spelled Ung, is a Korean masculine given name and name element. It is one of a small number of single-syllable Korean given names. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are only two hanja with this reading on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names, one meaning "hero", and the other meaning "bear". Though the character meaning "bear" is used as a family name in China ( Xiong), it is not a traditional Korean family name, and according to the 2000 South Korean census no one in the country had that family name. People with this given name include: *Kim Ung (1910/1912 – ?), North Korean general *Chang Ung (born 1938), North Korean taekwondo athlete *Namkung Woong (born 1984), South Korean footballer * Byun Woong (born 1986), South Korean footballer *Heo Ung (born 1993), South Korean basketball player Given names containing this element include: *Jae-woong *Ji-woong *Ki-woong *Tae-woong Tae-woong is ... [...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] |
Baik Tae-ung
Baik Tae-Ung (born 1962) is Professor of Law at the University of Hawaii at Manoa William S. Richardson School of Law in Honolulu, Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii. He is Director of the Center for Korean Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. A leading academic authority on transitional justice, social movement, and human rights in Asia, he specializes in international human rights law, comparative law, and Law of South Korea, Korean law. Baik is a well-known former South Korean prisoner of conscience. In 2015, he was appointed to the United Nations Human Rights Council Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) as an independent expert representing the Asia-Pacific region. He is currently serving as Chair-Rapporteur of the WGEID after working as Vice-Chair for two years since 2018. He had conducted research on human rights issues as a visiting scholar at the East Asian Legal Studies program at Harvard Law School from 2002-2003, and, during his sabbatical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Park Tae-woong
Park Tae-Woong (; born 30 January 1988) is a South Korean footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ... who plays for Gyeongnam FC. Club career statistics External links * 1988 births Living people South Korean footballers Gyeongnam FC players Gangwon FC players Suwon Samsung Bluewings players Gimcheon Sangmu FC players K League 2 players K League 1 players Association football midfielders People from Gunsan Sportspeople from North Jeolla Province {{SouthKorea-footy-midfielder-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
