Sun-hwa or Seon-hwa, also spelled Son-hwa in

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Y ...

, 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. (, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, wh ...

used to write the name. There are 41 hanja with the reading "sun" and 15 hanja with the reading "hwa" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. People referred to mononymously by this name include: * Princess Seonhwa of Silla (), Korean princess of the Silla Dynasty Other people with this name include: *

Han Sun-hwa Han Sun-hwa (born October 6, 1990), also known mononymously as Sunhwa, is a South Korean singer and actress. She is a former member of the South Korean girl group Secret. She made her television debut in 2004 while participating in SBS' ''Sup ...

(born 1990), South Korean idol singer, former member of girl group Secret * Kim Seon-hwa (born 1991), South Korean team handball player * Lee Seon-hwa (born 1986), South Korean golfer on the LPGA tour * Oh Seon-hwa (born 1956), South Korean-born Japanese writer and journalist * Seo Sun-hwa (born 1982), South Korean sports shooter *

Pong Son-hwa Pong Son-hwa (born 18 February 1993,) is a North Korean football defender who played for the North Korea women's national football team at the 2012 Summer Olympics. At the club level, she played for Pyongyang City. See also * North Korea at the ...

(born 1993), North Korean football defender Fictional characters with this name include: *Kim Seon-hwa, in 2009 South Korean television series ''

Iris Iris most often refers to: *Iris (anatomy), part of the eye *Iris (mythology), a Greek goddess * ''Iris'' (plant), a genus of flowering plants * Iris (color), an ambiguous color term Iris or IRIS may also refer to: Arts and media Fictional ent ...

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Sun-Hwa Kwon Sun-Hwa Kwon, better known simply as "Sun", is a fictional character on the ABC television series ''Lost'' played by Yunjin Kim. Character biography Prior to the crash Sun PaikSimilar to the Chinese and the Japanese, the naming convention in ...

, in 2004–2010 American television series ''

Lost Lost may refer to getting lost, or to: Geography *Lost, Aberdeenshire, a hamlet in Scotland * Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail, or LOST, a hiking and cycling trail in Florida, US History *Abbreviation of lost work, any work which is known to have bee ...

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