Hye-sung, also spelled as Hye-seong, or in

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Y ...

as Hye-song, is a Korean unisex 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, wh ...

used to write each syllable of the name. There are 16 hanja with the reading " hye" and 27 hanja with the reading " sung" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. People with this name include: *

Hwang Hye-seong Hwang Hye-seong (hanja: 黃慧性; July 5, 1920 – December 14, 2006) was a professor and researcher of Korean royal court cuisine. After studying in Japan, she learned Korean royal court cuisine from the last kitchen court lady, Han Hui-su ...

(1920–2006), South Korean female researcher of Korean royal court cuisine *

Han Hye-song Han Hye-Song is a former international table tennis player from North Korea. Table tennis career She won a silver medal for North Korea at the 1985 World Table Tennis Championships in the Corbillon Cup (women's team event) with Cho Jung-hui, ...

(), North Korean table tennis player *

Shin Hye-sung Jung Pil-kyo (; born November 27, 1979) is a South Korean singer-songwriter. He is best known as a member of the South Korean boy group Shinhwa. The main vocalist of Shinhwa, he debuted as a solo artist in 2005 and has since released multiple ...

(born 1979), South Korean male singer, member of boyband Shinhwa *

Kim Hye-song (boxer) Kim Hye-song (; born 2 December 1984) is a North Korean world champion silver medallist boxer. She was born in South Hamgyong Province. She represented North Korea in the 2012 Summer Olympics taking place in London in the flyweight Flyweigh ...

(born 1984), North Korean female boxer * Hyun Hye-sung (born 1986), South Korean male field hockey player * Kim Hye-seong (born 1988), South Korean male actor *

Jung Hye-sung Jung Hye-sung (born Jung Eun-joo on April 29, 1991) is a South Korean actress and model. Career Jung began her acting career in ''To the Beautiful You'' (2012) and gained recognition through supporting roles in ''Love in the Moonlight'' (2016) a ...

(born Jung Eun-joo, 1991), South Korean actress *

Kim Hye-song (runner) Kim Hye-song (; or ; born 9 March 1993) is a North Korean long-distance runner. Marathoner Kim Hye-gyong is her sister. They are fraternal twins. Hye-song is the eldest of the two. According to their coach, Jong Myong-chol, Hye-song is mor ...

(born 1993), North Korean female runner * Kim Hye-song (gymnast) (born 1997), North Korean female gymnast * Hyeseong (singer) (born Yang Hye-sun, 1999), South Korean female singer, member of girl group Elris Fictional characters with this name include: *Jang Hye-sung, female character in 2013 South Korean television series ''

I Can Hear Your Voice ''I Can Hear Your Voice'' () is a 2013 South Korean television series starring Lee Bo-young, Lee Jong-suk, Yoon Sang-hyun, and Lee Da-hee. It aired on SBS from June 5 to August 1, 2013, on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 18 episodes. Ori ...

'' *Joo Hye-sung, male character in 2016 South Korean television series ''

Hey Ghost, Let's Fight ''Bring It On, Ghost'' () is a South Korean television series starring Ok Taec-yeon, Kim So-hyun and Kwon Yul. It is adapted from webtoon of the same name which was serialised on Naver from 2007 to 2010. The series aired on cable network tvN on ...

''. *Nam Hye-sung, male character in 2014 South Korean television series '' You Are the Only One''

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