Sung-sook, also spelled Song-suk, is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning depends 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. There are 27 hanja with the reading "
sung" and 13 hanja with the reading "
sook" 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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Jung Sung-sook (born 1972), South Korean judo practitioner
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O Song-suk (born 1977), North Korean long-distance runner
See also
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List of Korean given names
References
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Korean feminine given names
Feminine given names