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Kwang-su (name)
Kwang-su, also spelled Kwang-soo or Gwang-su, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. Hanja There are 13 hanja with the reading "kwang" and 67 hanja with the reading "Soo (Korean name), su" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. Ways of writing this name in hanja include: * (; ). * (; ). These same characters are also one possible way of writing the Japanese surname and Japanese given name, given name Mitsumori. * (; ). These same characters are also one possible way of writing the Japanese given name Mitsuhide. According to South Korean government data, Kwang-su was the List of the most popular given names in South Korea, ninth-most popular name for newborn boys in 1945. People People with this name include: Film and music *Park Kwang-su (born 1955), South Korean film director *Kim Jho Kwang-soo (born 1965), also known as Peter Kim, South K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. () refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, which can be written with Hanja, and () refers to Classical Chinese writing, although ''Hanja'' is also sometimes used to encompass both concepts. Because Hanja characters have never undergone any major reforms, they more closely resemble traditional Chinese and kyūjitai, traditional Japanese characters, although the stroke orders for certain characters are slightly different. Such examples are the characters and , as well as and . Only a small number of Hanja characters were modified or are unique to Korean, with the rest being identical to the traditional Chinese characters. By contrast, many of the Chinese characters currently in use in mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore have been simplified Chin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
