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Seung-gi
Seung-gi, also spelled Seung-ki or Sung-gi, is a Korean masculine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 15 hanja with the reading "seung" and 68 hanja with the reading "ki" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. People with this name include: *Ri Sung-gi (1905–1996), North Korean chemist *Lee Seung-gi (born 1987), South Korean singer and actor * Lee Seung-gi (footballer) (born 1988), South Korean footballer See also *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 {{given name Korean masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Seung-gi
Lee Seung-gi (; born January 13, 1987) is a South Korean singer, actor, host, and entertainer. He has numerous hit songs as a singer such as "Because You're My Woman", "Will You Marry Me", "Return" and "The Ordinary Man". He has garnered further recognition as an actor and rose to popularity in parts of Asia with leading roles in popular dramas such as ''Brilliant Legacy'' (2009), '' My Girlfriend Is a Gumiho'' (2010), '' The King 2 Hearts'' (2012), '' Gu Family Book'' (2013), '' You're All Surrounded'' (2014), '' A Korean Odyssey'' (2017–2018), ''Vagabond'' (2019), and ''Mouse'' (2021). He was a member of the first season of weekend variety show '' 1 Night 2 Days'' from November 2007 to February 2012, and the host of talk show '' Strong Heart'' from October 2009 to April 2012. Lee Seung Gi's success as a singer, actor and host earned him the title "Triple Threat" entertainer. He was first included in ''Forbes'' Korea Power Celebrity list in 2010 placing seventh, subsequent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Seung-gi (footballer)
Lee Seung-gi (; born 2 June 1988) is a South Korean football player who currently plays for Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors as a midfielder, having previously played for Gwangju FC. He also represents South Korea in senior men's football. Club career Lee was selected by Gwangju FC as a draft pick from the University of Ulsan for the 2011 K-League season. After making his first appearance for his new club in the second round 2011 K-League Cup match on 6 April 2011 against Busan I'Park, he played his first K-League game the following week against Sangju Sangmu Phoenix, which ended in a draw. Lee scored his first professional goal in Gwangju's win over Daejeon Citizen on 1 May 2011. Lee would go on to score a further seven goals during the season, finishing as his club's joint top scorer for 2011 alongside João Paulo. Gwangju were relegated following the completion of the 2012 K-League season. In January 2013, Lee transferred to Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors. In 2015, Lee Seung-Gi moved th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ri Sung-gi
Ri Sung-gi, also often spelled Lee Sung-ki, Lee Seung-gi or Yi Sung-gi (1905–1996), was a North Korean chemist. He is best remembered as the inventor of Vinalon. He has also been accused of involvement in North Korea's chemical and nuclear weapons programs. Ri was born in Damyang, Jeollanam-do, in 1905. He graduated from the local ''pot'ong hakkyo'' and received his degree in chemistry from Kyoto University in 1931. He developed Vinalon in 1939. In 1946, after Korean independence from Japanese occupation, he participated in the development of Gyeongseong University, but strongly opposed the university's official conversion to Seoul National University under the American military government. Following the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950, he defected to the North. Ri received the Lenin Prize in 1962, and was made head of the North Korean Atomic Energy Research Institute in June 1965. He became chief of the Hamhŭng branch of the Academy of Sciences An academy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seung (Korean Name)
Seung, also spelled Sung, is an uncommon Korean surname, a single-syllable Korean given name, and a common element in two-syllable Korean given names. As a given name, its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are 17 hanja with the reading on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. As a surname There are two hanja which may be used to write the surname Seung, each indicating different lineages. The 2000 South Korean census found 3,304 people with these surnames. More common (承) The more common Seung surname is written with a hanja meaning "inherit" (; ). The 2000 South Korean census found 2,494 people with this family name, and 762 households. The surviving ''bon-gwan'' (origin of a clan lineage, not necessarily the actual residence of the clan members) at that time included: # Yeonil: 1,828 people and 568 households. They claim descent from Seung Gae (), a general under Jeongjong, 10th mona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 small number of one-syllable names. Originally, there was no legal limitation on the length of names, but since 1993, regulations in South Korea have prohibited the registration of given names longer than five syllable blocks, in response to some parents giving their children extremely long names such as the 16-syllable Haneulbyeollimgureumhaennimbodasarangseureouri (). Lists of hanja for names are illustrative, not exhaustive. Names by common first and second syllables G or k (ㄱ), n (ㄴ), d (ㄷ) M (ㅁ), b (ㅂ) S (ㅅ) Vowels and semivowels (ㅇ) J (ㅈ) and ch (ㅊ) T (ㅌ) and h (ㅎ) Native Korean names ''Goyueo ireum'' are Korean given names which come from native Korean vocabulary, rather than Sino-Korean root ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, which can be written with Hanja, and (, ) refers to Classical Chinese writing, although "Hanja" is also sometimes used to encompass both concepts. Because Hanja never underwent any major reforms, they are mostly resemble to '' kyūjitai'' and traditional Chinese characters, although the stroke orders for some characters are slightly different. For example, 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, and contain fewer strokes than the corresponding Hanja characters. In J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korean Masculine Given Names
Korean may refer to: People and culture * Koreans, ethnic group originating in the Korean Peninsula * Korean cuisine * Korean culture * Korean language **Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Chosŏn'gŭl **Korean dialects and the Jeju language **See also: North–South differences in the Korean language Places * Korean Peninsula, a peninsula in East Asia * Korea, a region of East Asia * North Korea, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea * South Korea, the Republic of Korea Other uses *Korean Air, flag carrier and the largest airline of South Korea See also *Korean War, 1950–1953 war between North Korea and South Korea *Names of Korea, various country names used in international contexts *History of Korea The Lower Paleolithic era in the Korean Peninsula and Manchuria began roughly half a million years ago. Christopher J. Norton, "The Current State of Korean Paleoanthropology", (2000), ''Journal of Human Evolution'', 38: 803–825. The earlies ..., the history of Kor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
