Yi-seul, also spelled I-seul or E-seul, is a Korean unisex given name. The word itself is a native Korean word meaning "
dew
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" and does not have corresponding
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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.
However, since Korean given names can be created arbitrarily, it may also be a name with hanja (e.g. θΏη±).
People
People with this name include:
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An Yi-seul (born 1992), South Korean speed skater
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Chun Yi-seul (born 1989), South Korean actress and model
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Heo Yi-seul (born 1988), South Korean actress
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Kang Yi-seul, South Korean actress and model
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Kim Yi-seul (baseball player) (born 1984), South Korean baseball player
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Kim I-seul (athlete) (born 1989), South Korean
sepak takraw
Sepak takraw, or Sepaktakraw, also called kick volleyball, is a team sport played with a ball made of rattan or synthetic plastic between two teams of two to four players on a court resembling a badminton court. It is similar to volleyball and ...
player
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Kim E-seul (model) (born 1990), South Korean model and
Miss Earth Korea winner
Fictional characters
Fictional characters with this name include:
* Choi Yi-seul, in the 2002 South Korean television series ''
Magic Kid Masuri
''Magic Kid Ma Soo-ri'' () is a 2002 South Korean television series starring Oh Seung-yoon, Yoon Young-ah, Kim Hee-jung and Han Bo-bae.
A children's drama aired on KBS 2TV from February 2002 to February 2004. It tells the story of the Surine fa ...
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* Ham Yi-seul, in the 2012 South Korean television series ''
Operation Proposal
''Operation Proposal'' () is a 2012 South Korean television series starring Yoo Seung-ho and Park Eun-bin. It aired on TV Chosun from February 8 to March 29, 2012 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 20:45 for 16 episodes. It is a remake of Japanese d ...
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* Kim Yi-seul, in the 2014 South Korean film ''
Whistle Blower
A whistleblower (also written as whistle-blower or whistle blower) is a person, often an employee, who reveals information about activity within a private or public organization that is deemed illegal, immoral, illicit, unsafe or fraudulent. Whi ...
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* Hong Yi-seul, in the 2015 South Korean television series ''
Bubble Gum
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Bubble gum flavor
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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 ...
References
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Given names
Korean unisex given names