Myung-soon, also spelled Myong-sun, is a Korean 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.
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used to write each syllable of the name. There are 19 hanja with the reading "
myung
Myung, also spelled Myeong, Myong, or Myoung, is a Korean family name, a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in some two-syllable Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.
Family name
The surname M ...
" and 31 hanja with the reading "soon" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.
People with this name include:
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Son Myung-soon
Son Myung-soon (Hangul:손명순, Hanja:孫命順) (also transliterated as Sohn Myung Soon) (born 29 January 1929) is the widow of South Korean President Kim Young-sam. She was the first lady when Kim Young-sam was in office, from 1993 to 199 ...
(born 1928), First Lady of South Korea from 1993 to 1998
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Kim Myung-soon (born 1964), South Korean team handball player
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Ri Myong-sun
Ri Myong-sun (; born 26 January 1992) is a North Korean table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth ac ...
(born 1992), North Korean table tennis player
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 feminine given names