Sung-kyung, also spelled Seong-gyeong, is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning differs based on the
hanja
Hanja (; ), alternatively spelled Hancha, are Chinese characters used to write the Korean language. After characters were introduced to Korea to write Literary Chinese, they were adapted to write Korean as early as the Gojoseon period.
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used to write each syllable of the name.
Hanja
There are 27 hanja with the reading "
sung" and 54 hanja with the reading "
kyung" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. Some ways of writing this name in hanja include:
* (성인 성 ''seong-in seong'', 글 경 ''geul gyeong''): "holy book".
This is the given name of actress
Lee Sung-kyung; her parents chose these hanja for her name to reflect their Christian religion.
* (정성 성 ''jeongseong seong'', 공경 경 ''gong-gyeong gyeong''): "sincere and respectful".
These characters are also used to write the masculine
Japanese given name
in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name. Japanese names are usually written in kanji, where the pronunciation follows a special set of rules. Because parents when naming children, and foreigners when adoptin ...
Tomotaka.
People
People with this name include:
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Kim Sung-kyung (born 1972), South Korean female television personality
*
Hari (singer) (born Jeong Sung-kyung, 1990), South Korean singer
*
Lee Sung-kyung (born 1990), South Korean actress
Fictional characters with this name include:
*
Hwang Seong-gyeong, male character in the ''Soul'' series of fighting games
See also
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List of Korean given names
This is a list of Korean given names, in Hangul alphabetical order. See for an explanation.anandhu
List
* Ga-young ()
* Ga-eun ()
* Ga-eul ()
* Ga-in ()
* Kang-min ()
*Gun ()
* Kun-woo ()
* Kyung-gu ()
* Kyung-lim ()
* Kyung-mo ()
* Kyung-m ...
*Seonggyeong (誠敬) is one of the epithets in the full posthumous name of
Sunjong of Korea
Sunjong (; 25 March 1874 – 24 April 1926), personal name Yi Cheok (), also known as the Yunghui Emperor (), was the last Korean monarch. He ruled from 1907 to 1910 as the second and last emperor of the Korean Empire. Sunjong was elevated to ...
: His Imperial Majesty Emperor Sunjong Munon Muryeong Donin Seonggyeong of Korea
References
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Korean unisex given names