Seong-hui or Sung-hee, also spelled Song-hui 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 unisex 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 each syllable of the name. There are 27 hanja with the reading " sung" and 24 hanja with the reading " hee" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. People with this name include: ;Entertainers *

Jo Sung-hee Jo Sung-hee (born February 3, 1979) is a South Korean film director. He directed the box office hit ''A Werewolf Boy'' (2012). Career After majoring in industrial design at Seoul National University, Jo Sung-hee joined the Seo Taiji Company and ...

(born 1978), South Korean male film director *

Bada (singer) Choi Sung-hee (born February 28, 1980), known professionally as Bada, is a South Korean singer, composer, musical actress and television presenter. She debuted as a member of the South Korean girl group S.E.S. in 1997. After S.E.S. disbanded in ...

(born Choi Sung-hee, 1980), South Korean female singer *

Ja Mezz Kim Sung-hee (Hangul: 김성희, born August 11, 1989), better known by his stage name Ja Mezz (Hangul: 자메즈), is a South Korean rapper. He released his first EP, ''1/4'', on August 11, 2015. He dropped out Hanyang University in 2017. In ...

(born Kim Sung-hee, 1989), South Korean male rapper *

Ko Sung-hee Ko Sung-hee (; born June 21, 1990) is a South Korean actress. She played her first leading role in the fantasy-period drama ''Diary of a Night Watchman ''Diary of a Night Watchman'' () is a 2014 South Korean television series starring Jung Il ...

(born 1990), South Korean actress ;Sportspeople *

Kim Song-hui (speed skater) Kim Song-hui (born 24 February 1965) is a North Korean speed skater. He competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics. References

North Korean male speed skaters 1965 births Living people Olympic speed skaters for North Korea Speed skaters at t ...

(born 1965), North Korean male speed skater *

Kim Song-hui (table tennis) Kim Song-hui (born 25 November 1968) is a male North Korean former international table tennis player. He won a bronze medal at the 1987 World Table Tennis Championships and 1989 World Table Tennis Championships in the men's team event. Two ye ...

(born 1968), North Korean male table tennis player * Hong Seong-hui (born 1969), South Korean female rhythmic gymnast *

Park Sung-hee Park Sung-hee (Hangul: 박성희; born 17 February 1975) is a former tennis player from South Korea. Career Park who turned professional in 1989 won seven singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In her career, she reache ...

(born 1975), South Korean female tennis player * Ri Song-hui (born 1978), North Korean female weightlifter *

Kim Song-hui (footballer) Kim Song-hui ( ko, 김성희; ; born 23 February 1987) is a North Korean female footballer, who plays as a striker for Pyongyang Sports Club in the Women's DPR Korea League. Kim was selected for the North Korea women's national team, parti ...

(born 1987), North Korean female footballer *

Han Sung-hee Han Sung-hee (; born 13 November 1990 in Seoul) is a South Korean former tennis player. On 16 July 2012, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 256. On 16 April 2012, she peaked at No. 268 in the doubles rankings. She participated in ...

(born 1990), South Korean female tennis player ;Others *

Baek Sung-hee Baek Sung-hee (born 1970) is a South Korean scientist specialising in molecular genetics. Her work is focused on the chromatin dynamics and epigenetic regulatory mechanism in cancer. She received her BS, MS, and Ph.D. degrees from Seoul National ...

(born 1970), South Korean female molecular geneticist * Yoon Sung-hee (born 1973), South Korean female writer

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