Mi-kyung or Mi-kyoung, also spelled Mi-gyeong or Mi-gyong is a Korean feminine given name. It was
South Korea's most popular name for baby girls in 1968. 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.
Hanja
There are 33 hanja with the reading "mi" and 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 ...
" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.
Some ways of writing this name in hanja include:
* (아름다울 미 ''areumdaul mi'', 서울 경 ''seoul gyeong''): "beautiful capital city". These characters are also used to write the
Japanese given name
in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name, in that order. Nevertheless, when a Japanese name is written in the Roman alphabet, ever since the Meiji era, the official policy has been to cater to Western expecta ...
Miyako.
* (아름다울 미 ''areumdaul mi'', 볕 경 ''byeot gyeong''): "beautiful sunshine"
* (아름다울 미 ''areumdaul mi'', 공경할 경 ''gonggyeonghal gyeong''): "beautifully respect"
People
People with this name include:
;Artists and writers
*
Jung Mikyung (born 1960), South Korean novelist
*
Yun Mi-kyung
Yun Mi-kyung (born October 14, 1980) is a South Korean manhwa artist best known for her work '' Bride of the Water God''.
Career
Yun received the silver medal in the New Artist Debut Competition for her work ''Na-eu Ji-gu Bang-moon-gi'' (''T ...
(born 1980), South Korean ''manhwa'' artist
*
Mikyoung Kim
Mikyoung Kim, FASLA is an American landscape architect, urban designer, and founding principal of Mikyoung Kim Design. Kim has received the Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt Award and the American Society of Landscape Architects National Design Medal. He ...
, American landscape architect of Korean descent
;Entertainers
*
Won Mi-kyung (born 1960), South Korean actress
*
Yang Mi-kyung
Yang Mi-kyung (born July 25, 1961) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for playing the role of palace lady-in-waiting Han Baek-young in the popular period drama series '' Dae Jang Geum'' (2003).
Other activities
Yang was also a visiti ...
(born 1961), South Korean actress
*
Kim Mi-kyung
Kim Mi-kyung (born October 14, 1963) is a South Korean actress. She is most active as a supporting actress
A supporting actor is an actor who performs a role in a play or film below that of the leading actor(s), and above that of a bit part. ...
(born 1963), South Korean actress
;Sportspeople
*
Kim Mi-gyeong (athlete) (born 1967), South Korean long-distance runner
*
Lim Mi-kyung (born 1967), South Korean team handball player
*
Yun Mi-gyeong (born 1968), South Korean sprinter
*
Lee Mi-kyung (sport shooter)
Lee Mi-kyung (born 27 March 1969) is a South Korean sport shooter who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 19 ...
(born 1969), South Korean sport shooter
*
Chang Mi-kyung
Chang Mi-kyung (born 7 July 1971) is a South Korean fencer. She competed in the women's team foil event at the 1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), ...
(born 1973), South Korean fencer
*
Chun Mi-kyung
Chun Mi-kyung (born 17 February 1973) is a South Korean fencer. She competed in the women's foil events at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 ...
(born 1973), South Korean fencer
*
Park Mee-kyung
Park Mee-kyung or Park Mi-kyung ( ko, 박미경; born 13 May 1975 / 6 April 1975) is a retired South Korean female volleyball player. She was part of the South Korea women's national volleyball team.
She competed with the national team at the ...
(born 1975), South Korean volleyball player
*
Ri Mi-gyong (born 1990), North Korean table tennis player
*
Kim Mi-gyong
Kim Mi-gyong ( ko, 김미경; born 17 October 1991) is a North Korean long-distance runner. She competed in the marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics, placing 74th with a time of 2:38:33.
At the age of fifteen she represented her country at the ...
(born 1991), North Korean long-distance runner
*
Choe Mi-gyong
Choe Mi-gyong (; born 17 January 1991) is a North Korean football player that plays for the North Korea women's national football team and Rimyongsu Sports Club. She played in the 2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially ...
(born 1991), North Korean football player
*
Lee Mi-gyeong (handballer)
Lee Mi-gyeong (; born 2 October 1991) is a South Korean handball player for Busan BISCO and the South Korean national team.
Club career
Lee started her club career in the Seoul City handball club in 2010. After being hampered by several injurie ...
(born 1991), South Korean handball player
See also
*
List of Korean given names
References
{{given name
Korean feminine given names