Seong-gyeong, also spelled Sung-kyung, is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning differs based on the
hanja used to write each syllable of the name.
Hanja
There are 27 hanja with the reading "
seong" and 54 hanja with the reading "
gyeong" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. Some ways of writing this name in hanja include:
* (성인 성 ''seong-in seong'', 글 경 ''geul gyeong''): "holy book".
This is the given name of actress
Lee Sung-kyung; her parents chose these hanja for her name to reflect their Christian religion.
* (정성 성 ''jeongseong seong'', 공경 경 ''gong-gyeong gyeong''): "sincere and respectful".
These characters are also used to write the masculine
Japanese given name Tomotaka
Tomotaka is a masculine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Tomotaka can be written using many different combinations of kanji characters. Some examples:
*友隆, "friend, noble"
*友孝, "friend, filial piety"
*友貴, "friend, precious"
* ...
.
People
People with this name include:
*
Kim Sung-kyung (born 1972), South Korean female television personality
*
Hari (singer) (born Jeong Sung-kyung, 1990), South Korean singer
*
Lee Sung-kyung (born 1990), South Korean actress
Fictional characters with this name include:
*
Hwang Seong-gyeong
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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 ...
*Seonggyeong (誠敬) is one of the epithets in the full posthumous name of
Sunjong of Korea: His Imperial Majesty Emperor Sunjong Munon Muryeong Donin Seonggyeong of Korea
References
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Korean unisex given names