Gun, also spelled Geon, Kŏn, Keon, Gon, Kuhn, or Kun, is a single-syllable masculine
Korean given name
A Korean name (Hangul: ; Hanja: ) consists of a family name followed by a given name, as used by the Korean people in both South Korea and North Korea. In the Korean language, ''ireum'' or ''seongmyeong'' usually refers to the family name (''seon ...
, as well as an element in some two-syllable given names. The 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, wh ...
used to write it.
Hanja
There are 15 hanja with this reading, and
variant forms of two of those, on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names; they are:
# (): "to construct"
#* (variant)
# (): "sky"
#*(): "dry"
#* (variant)
# (): "object", "matter"
# (): "strong"
# (): "towel"
# (): "respect"
# (): "door latch"
# (): "key"
# (): "error"
# (): "sinew"
# (): "cripple"
# (): "wane"
# (): "to pick"
# (): name of a body of water
[Specifically, the old name of the South Xinbu River () in ]Jingmen
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City, Hubei
Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The prov ...
. See
# (): "follow"
People
People with this name include:
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Yi Geon
Colonel Prince Yi Geon (October 28, 1909 – December 21, 1990), also Ri Ken and , was a Korean prince and a cavalry officer in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. The first son of Prince Yi Kang of Korea by Lady Jeong, he was a gran ...
(1909–1990), prince of the Korean Empire, later a naturalised Japanese citizen
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Kang Kon
Kang Kon (; June 23, 1918 – September 8, 1950) was a Korean military leader active in Manchuria and the Korean peninsula as well as a politician during the years leading up to the Korean War and during the first stages of the Korean War in 195 ...
(1918–1950), Korean military leader in Northeast China
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Goh Kun
Goh Kun (Hangul: 고건, Hanja: 高建, born January 2, 1938) is a South Korean politician, the former Prime Minister of South Korea and former Acting President of South Korea.
Career
Goh was a Minister of Parliament during the 1980s, before be ...
(born 1938), South Korean politician, Prime Minister from 1997 to 1998 and 2003 to 2004
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Shin Kuhn
Shin Kuhn (12 February 1941 – 24 November 2015) was a Korean lawyer and politician who was the 25th director of the National Intelligence Service of South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in Ea ...
(1941–2015), 25th director of South Korea's National Intelligence Service
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Cui Jian
Cui Jian ( zh, c=崔健, p=Cuī Jiàn, ; born 2 August 1961) is a Beijing-based Chinese singer-songwriter, trumpeter and guitarist. Affectionately called "Old Cui" (), he pioneered Chinese rock music. For this distinction Cui Jian is often la ...
(born 1961), Chinese rock musician of Korean descent
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Yoo Gun
Jo Jeong-ik (born 21 January 1983), better known by his stage name Yoo Gun, is an American-born South Korean actor.
Early life
Jo Jeong-ik was born in Arizona, United States to Korean American parents. He came to South Korea in the 1990s as a ...
(born Jo Jeong-ik, 1983), American-born South Korean actor
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Heo Keon
Heo Keon (; born 3 January 1988) is a South Korean footballer who plays as midfielder for Bucheon FC 1995 in K League Challenge.
Career
He joined Hongcheon Idu FC in 2009.
He made his debut goal in professional league at the opening match o ...
(born 1988), South Korean football midfielder
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Park Gon
Park Kun (パク・ゴン) is a South Korean football player. He currently plays for Pohang Steelers.
Club statistics
''Updated to 23 February 2017''.Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社"2017 J1&J2&J3選手名 ...
(born 1990), South Korean football defender
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Lee Geon (footballer)
Lee Geon (; born 8 January 1996) is a South Korean footballer who plays as winger for Seongnam FC in K League 1.
Career
Lee Geon has joined newly formed club Ansan Greeners FC
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(born 1996), South Korean football winger
As a name element
In the 2000s, one given name containing this element,
Kun-woo
Kun-woo, also spelled Keon-woo or Gun-woo, is a Korean masculine given name. It was the sixth-most popular name for baby boys born in South Korea in 2008, with 1,722 being given the name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write the na ...
, was a popular name for newborn baby boys in South Korea.
Other given names containing this element include:
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Dong-gun
Dong-gun, also spelled Dong-geon, is a Korean masculine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 24 hanja with the reading "dong" and 15 hanja with the reading "gun" on the South Korean ...
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Yoo-gun
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 ...
References
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Korean given names
Korean masculine given names