Byeong-heon, also spelled Byung-hun, or Pyong-hon, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning depends on the
hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 17 hanja with the reading "
byung" and seven hanja with the reading "hun" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.
People with this name include:
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Yu Byeong-heon
Yu Byeong-heon (born 17 April 1964) is a South Korean former cyclist. He competed in the team time trial at the 1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as ...
(born 1964), South Korean cyclist
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Lee Byung-hun (born 1970), South Korean actor
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Lee Byeong-heon (filmmaker) (born 1980), South Korean filmmaker
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Min Byung-hun
Min Byung-hun (born March 10, 1987) is a South Korean professional baseball right fielder who has played for the Doosan Bears of the Korea Baseball Organization for eleven seasons. In November 2017, he signed a four-year KRW 8 billion contract w ...
(born 1987), South Korean baseball right fielder
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Lee Byung-heon (biochemist)
Lee Byung-heon () is a professor of biochemistry and cell biology in the school of medicine at Kyungpook National University (KNU), South Korea. He received his M.D. license from Korean Medical Association in 1989. He received his B.S. from ...
, South Korean biochemist
See also
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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 sm ...
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Korean masculine given names