Young-geun, also spelled Young-keun or Yung-keun, is a Korean masculine 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 34 hanja with the reading "
young
Young may refer to:
* Offspring, the product of reproduction of a new organism produced by one or more parents
* Youth, the time of life when one is young, often meaning the time between childhood and adulthood
Music
* The Young, an American roc ...
" and 18 hanja with the reading "
geun
Geun, also spelled Gun, Keun, or Kun, is a rare Korean family name, a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in some two-syllable names.
Family name
As a family name, Geun is written with one hanja, meaning "axe" (; 도끼 근), also t ...
" 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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Choi Yung-keun (1923–1994), South Korean footballer
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Kim Young-geun (born 1978), South Korean footballer
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Kim Young-keun (born 1990), South Korean footballer
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Song Young-keun, South Korean politician; see
List of members of the National Assembly (South Korea), 2012–
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 ...
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