Jun-seo, also spelled Joon-seo, or Joon-suh, Jun-suh, is a South
Korea
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n masculine given name. 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 each syllable of the name. There are 43 hanja with the reading "''
joon''" and 53 hanja with the reading "''
seo
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Organisations
* SEO Economic Research, a scientific institute
* Spanish Ornithological Society (''Socied ...
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대법원 인명용 : 네이버 한자사전 "서"
/ref> on the South Korea
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n government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. ''Jun-seo'' was the fourth-most popular name for newborn boys in South Korea in 2008 and 2009.
See also
*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 masculine given names
Masculine given names