Byeong-cheol, or Byung-chul, Pyong-chol is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based 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 17 hanja with the reading "byeong" and 11 hanja with the reading " cheol" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. It was the eighth-most popular name for baby boys born in

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eas ...

in 1950. People with this name include: * Kim Byong-cheol, South Korean taekwondo practitioner, gold medalist at the 1992 Olympics *

Ri Pyong-chol Ri Pyong-chol (, born 1948) is a North Korean marshal and formerly a top advisor of supreme leader Kim Jong-un, who served as Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission and a member of the Presidium of the Politburo of the Workers' Party ...

(born 1948), North Korean marshal * Choi Byung-chul (born 1981), South Korean foil fencer * Byung-Chul Han (born 1959), South Korean philosopher and cultural theorist * Byung Chul Kim (born 1974), South Korean artist * Kim Byung-chul (born 1974), South Korean actor *

Lee Byung-chul Lee Byung-chul ( Korean: 이병철 12 February 1910 – 19 November 1987) was a South Korean businessman. He was the founder of the Samsung Group, which is South Korea's largest chaebol, and he is considered one of South Korea's most success ...

(1910–1987), South Korean businessman, founder of the Samsung Group * Park Byung-chul (born 1954), South Korean former footballer

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