Deok-su (pronounced ), also spelled Deok-soo, Duk-soo, or Duck-soo, is a Korean given male name. Its meaning differs based on the
hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There is one hanja with the reading "deok" (, meaning "morality") and 67 hanja with the reading "
su" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.
People with this name include:
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Chang Deok-soo (1894–1947), Korean journalist and independence activist
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Han Duk-su (1907–2001), North Korean activist
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Moon Deoksu (born 1928), South Korean poet
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Ahn Deok-su (born 1946), South Korean politician
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Han Duck-soo (born 1949), South Korean politician
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Kang Duk-soo
Kang Duk-soo (born 18 August 1950 in Seonsan, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea) is a Korean businessman. He currently serves as the chairman of STX Group, a South Korean conglomerate company (''Chaebol''), formerly known as SsangYong Heavy Industri ...
(born 1950), South Korean businessman
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Kim Deok-soo (born 1987), South Korean football player
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Kim Duk-soo (born 1952), South Korean musician
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
Masculine given names