Byeong-heon, also spelled Byung-hun, or Pyong-hon, is a Korean masculine 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, wh ...
used to write each syllable of the name. There are 17 hanja with the reading "
byung
Byung is a Latin-alphabet spelling of a common syllable in Korean given names. The meaning differs based on the hanja used. There are 17 hanja with this reading on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given nam ...
" 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 (born 1964), South Korean cyclist
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Lee Byung-hun
Lee Byung-hun (; born July 12, 1970) is a South Korean actor. He has received critical acclaim for his work in a wide range of genres, most notably ''Joint Security Area'' (2000); ''A Bittersweet Life'' (2005); ''The Good, the Bad, the Weird'' ...
(born 1970), South Korean actor
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Lee Byeong-heon (filmmaker)
Lee Byeong-heon (; born 23 July 1980) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his 2015 film ''Twenty'' and 2019 film ''Extreme Job
''Extreme Job'' () is a 2019 South Korean action comedy film directed by Lee Bye ...
(born 1980), South Korean filmmaker
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Min Byung-hun (born 1987), South Korean baseball right fielder
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Lee Byung-heon (biochemist), 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