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Yeon-seok
Yeon-seok, also spelled Yun-suk, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 39 hanja with the reading "Yeon (Korean given name), yeon" and 20 hanja with the reading "Seok (Korean name), 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: *Hwang Yeon-seok (born 1973), South Korean football player *Yoo Yeon-seok (born 1984), South Korean actor See also *List of Korean given names References {{given name Korean masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoo Yeon-seok
Yoo Yeon-seok (born Ahn Yeon-seok on April 11, 1984) is a South Korean actor. After making his acting debut in 2003 with a small role in '' Oldboy'', he resumed his acting career in 2008. His notable works include the films '' Re-encounter'' (2011), ''Architecture 101'' (2012), ''A Werewolf Boy'' (2012) and ''Whistle Blower'' (2014), '' Perfect Proposal'' (2015), ''Mood of the Day'' (2016) as well as the television series ''Reply 1994'' (2013), ''Warm and Cozy'' (2015), '' Dr. Romantic'' (2016), '' Mr. Sunshine'' (2018), and ''Hospital Playlist'' (2020). Early life Yoo was born as Ahn Yeon-seok on April 11, 1984, in Seoul, South Korea. In his junior year in high school, Yoo decided to take up acting and followed his brother, who was studying another year to enter university, to Seoul and they lived together near the district of Samseong-dong. While taking acting classes, Yoo met a friend who would later work on the costume staff of film director Park Chan-wook. Remembering tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yeon (Korean Given Name)
Yeon, also spelled Yon, or Yun is a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in two-syllable Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are 56 hanja with the reading "''yeon''" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. As a name element First syllable *Yeon-hee *Yeon-seok *Yeon-woo * Yeon-ah * Yeon-jun Second syllable * Bo-yeon *Chae-yeon * Do-yeon *Ji-yeon, 7th place in 1980. *Mi-yeon *Se-yeon * Seo-yeon, 1st place in 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013. 2nd place in 2015. 3rd place in 2017.List of the most popular given names in South Korea * Seung-yeon *Si-yeon *So-yeon *Soo-yeon * Tae-yeon * Na-yeon 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 ... [...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] |
Hwang Yeon-seok
Hwang Yeon-Seok (born on October 17, 1973) is a retired South Korean football player who is currently coach of Cheonggu High School's team. He played in Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma for nine seasons. At Seongnam, he played 270 games and scored 55 goals, with 28 assists. At the end of the 2003 season, Hwang transferred to newly formed Incheon United. In Incheon, he played a total of 30 games and scored 3 goals. He played 29 games as a substitute. In 2006, he moved to Daegu FC and played two seasons. At Daegu he played 48 games, with 6 goals and 4 assists in total. In 2008, he moved to Korea National League The Korea National League was a South Korean semi-professional football league held annually from 2003 to 2019. It was considered the second-highest division of the South Korean football league system before the K League 2 was launched in 2013, ... side Goyang Kookmin Bank. Career statistics External links * N-League Player Record - 황연석 1973 births Living pe ... [...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] |
Korean Masculine 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 The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, . Hangul may also be written as following South Korea's standard Romanization. ( ) in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is the modern official writing system for the Korean language. The let ..., 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 history of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
