Kyung-ok, also spelled Kyong-ok, is a

Korea Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republic o ...

n feminine 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, ...

used to write each syllable of the name. There are 54 hanja with the reading "

kyung Kyung, also spelled Kyoung, Gyeong, Kyeong, or Kyong, is an uncommon Korean family name, as well as a single-syllable Korean given name and an element in many two-syllable Korean given names. As a family name The 2000 South Korean Census found 1 ...

" and five hanja with the reading " ok" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. Kyung-ok was the tenth-most popular name for baby girls born in

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eas ...

in 1950. People with this name include: * Kang Kyung-ok (born 1965), South Korean ''manhwa'' artist *

Kim Kyung-ok Kim Kyung-Ok is a South Korean judoka who competes in the women's 52 kg category. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she finished in 5th place. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she was defeated in the second round by Priscilla Gneto Priscilla Gn ...

(born 1983), South Korean ''judoka'' *

Kim Kyong-ok Kim Kyong-ok ( ko, 김경옥) is a North Korean politician and four-star army general in the Korean People's Army. He is member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), first deputy director of the Organization and Guidance ...

, North Korean politician, member of the

Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea The Central Military Commission of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (CMC) () is an organ of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) which is responsible for coordinating the Party organizations within the ...

* Ri Kyong-ok, North Korean ''judoka'', represented

North Korea at the 2004 Summer Olympics North Korea competed as the ''Democratic People's Republic of Korea'' at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's seventh appearance at the Olympics since its debut in 1972. North Korean athlete ...

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