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Tae-won
Tae-won is a Korean masculine given name. The meaning of the name differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable. There are 20 hanja with the reading "Tae (Korean given name), tae" and 35 hanja with the reading "Won (Korean given name), won" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. People with this name include: *Chey Tae-won (born 1960), South Korean businessman, chairman of SK Group *Kim Tae-won (born 1965), South Korean guitarist *Lee Tae-Won (born 1986), South Korean baseball player *Noh Tae-won (born 1957), South Korean physicist *Park Tae-won (footballer), Park Tae-Won (born 1977), South Korean football player See also *List of Korean given names References {{given name Korean masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chey Tae-won
Chey Tae-won (; born December 3, 1960) is a South Korean billionaire businessman and the Chair (officer), chairman of SK Group, the country's second largest conglomerate, that includes 186 subsidiaries such as SK Telecom, SK Hynix, and SK Innovation. Chey has been the chairman of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) since March 2021. Chey is among the List of South Korean billionaires by net worth, richest people in South Korea. In December 2024, ''Forbes'' estimated his net worth at US$1 billion and ranked him 24th richest in the country. Early life Chey was born on December 3, 1960, in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea as the eldest son of , chairman of Sunkyung Group (now SK Group). Chey attended Korea University where he received a bachelor's degree in physics, and later studied for a PhD in economics at University of Chicago, US, but did not finish. He joined SK Corp. as a manager, served as executive director of SK America, executive director of SK Corp. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Tae-won
Kim Tae-won (, April 12, 1965) is a Korean guitarist with over 30 years of experience in Korean music industry, currently leading one of the most successful rock bands in Korean music history, Boohwal. His life was dramatised in a four episode KBS2 short series '' Rock, Rock, Rock'', where Kim was portrayed by musician-actor No Minwoo. Adolescence He was a talented billiards player, having achieved the level of 300 points as a highschool senior. His guitar skill was even more outstanding: He is said to have been able to play proficiently the guitar riff in Led Zeppelin’s “ Babe I'm Gonna Leave You” in middle school and the guitar solo of (towards the end of the song) Deep Purple's " Highway Star" at a much faster speed than normal. He slowly rose to fame among fellow students in the Seodaemun area, his home town. He was called “the best guitarist everybody knows”. Career At 20, he started a rock band ''Rock Band'' is a series of rhythm games first released in 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noh Tae-won
Noh Tae-won (; born August 4, 1957) is a South Korean physicist and director of the Center for Correlated Electron Systems (CCES) in the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) at Seoul National University (SNU). He has published more 400 papers and been cited 15,000 times. He is a member of the Materials Research Society, Korean Optical Society, Korean Crystallographic Society, and Association of Asia Pacific Physical Societies and been on several editorial boards for journals. In 2017, he became president of the Korean Dielectrics Society. In 2024, he became the 9th president of the Korea Institute for Advanced Study. Education Noh graduated from Kyunggi High School in Seoul, South Korea, in 1976 and received his B.Sc. (1982) in Physics from Seoul National University. Supervised by Dr. James R. Gaine, he obtained his M.S. and Ph.D. in physics from Ohio State University in 1984 and 1986, respectively. Career Noh conducted postdoctoral research in Dr. Albert John Sievers' group at C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tae (Korean Given Name)
Tae, also spelled Tai or Thae, is a single-syllable masculine Korean given name, and an element used in many two-syllable Korean given names. The meaning of this given name may have a variety of meanings depending on the hanja used to write it. As a given name In given names, the meaning of "Tae" depends on the hanja used to write it. There are 20 hanja with this reading on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names; they are: # (클 태 ''keul tae''): "great" # (클 태 ''keul tae''): "exalted" # (게으를 태 ''ge-eureul tae''): "idle" # (거의 태 ''geo-ui tae'', 위태할 태 ''witaehal tae''): "almost", "dangerous" # (모습 태 ''moseup tae''): "form", "shape" # (일 태 ''il tae''): "to wash" # (바꿀 태 ''bakkul tae''): "to change" # (별 태 ''byeol tae''): "platform" # (아이 밸 태 ''ai bael tae''): "unborn child" # (나라 이름 태 ''nara ireum tae''): Tai, an ancient city-state in modern Shaanxi, China # (볼기 � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Won (Korean Given Name)
Won is a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in many two-syllable Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are 47 hanja with the reading "''won''" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. In given names Given names formed with the syllable "Won" include: First syllable ;Masculine * Won-ho * Won-hyo * Won-il * Won-jae * Won-jong * Won-joong * Won-jun * Won-kyu * Won-seh * Won-seok * Won-sung * Won-tae * Won-woo ;Unisex * Won-hee * Won-jin * Won-ju * Won-jung * Won-kyo * Won-young ;Feminine * Won-kyung * Won-sook Second syllable ;Masculine * Dae-won * Do-won * Dong-won * Gi-won * Hyung-won * Jong-won * Joong-won * Rae-won * Sang-won * Se-won * Soo-won * Seung-won * Sang-won * Tae-won ;Unisex * Chae-won * Hae-won * Hee-won * Hyo-won * Jae-won * Ji-won * Joo-won * Jung-won * Kyung-won * Kyu-won * Ree-won * Seo-won * Seong-won * Si-won * Yo-won * Young-won ;Femi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Tae-Won
Lee Tae-Won (; born March 17, 1986, in Seoul, South Korea) is a South Korean former catcher for the NC Dinos in the KBO League. He bats and throws right-handed. Amateur career Lee played baseball at Choongam High School in Seoul from 2002 to 2004. Prior to graduation, he was selected in the 2nd round (47th overall) of the 2005 KBO draft by the LG Twins, which was the second-highest pick as a high school catcher. Although Lee was willing to play in the KBO without going to college, his mother opposed his decision strongly, and that conflict led him to give up baseball temporarily. After sitting out the whole 2005 season, Lee eventually came back in 2006, deciding to play college baseball at Dongguk University. During his four-year college years, Lee was recognized as one of the best amateur catchers nationwide, becoming a fixture in the team's starting lineup in his freshman year and helping his team to win the national championship twice (in 2006 and 2008). Lee made his fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Park Tae-won (footballer)
is a South Korean professional footballer who last played for the Singaporean club Singapore Armed Forces. Club career South Korea He began his football career with South Korean club Chunnam Dragons in 1999. He played only 1 league game with Chunnam. Singapore In 2001, Park moved to S. League in Singapore, and joined Jurong FC. He finished as Jurong's top goalscorer with 24 goals in his debut season. Throughout a three-year spell at Jurong, he scored a total of 44 goals. Park joined Balestier Khalsa in 2004, but he moved to Woodlands Wellington a year later. At Woodlands, he scored 40 goals in four seasons, and in 2008, became only the eighth player to score 100 goals in the S.League. From 2009, he joined Singapore Armed Forces The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) are the military of the Republic of Singapore, responsible for protecting and defending the security interests and the sovereignty of the country. A component of the Ministry of Defence (Singapore), Ministr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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-min () * Kyung-seok () * Kyung-sun () * Kyung-soo () * Kyung-sook () * Kyung-ah () * Kyung-ok () * Kyung-wan () * Kyung-won () * Kyung-ja () * Kyung-jae () * Kyung-ju () * Kyung-joon () * Kyung-chul () * Kyung-tae () * Kyung-taek () * Kyung-ho () * Kyung-hwa () * Kyung-hwan () * Kyung-hee () * Go-eun () * Kwang () * Kwang-min () * Kwang-seok () * Kwang-seon () * Kwang-su () * Kwang-sik () * Kwang-jo () * Kwang-hyok () * Kwang-hyun () * Kwang-ho () * Kwang-hwan () * Kwang-hoon () * Kwang-hee () * Gyuri () * Kyu-won () * Kyu-chul () * Geun () * Kum-song () * Ki-nam () * Ki-moon () * Ki-young () * Ki-woo () * Gi-ung () * Ki-jung () * Ki-tae () * Ki-ha () * Na-rae () * Nari () * Na-moo () * Na-young () * Nak-won () * Nam-kyu () * Nam-gi () * Nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korea
Korea is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula, Jeju Island, and smaller islands. Since the end of World War II in 1945, it has been politically Division of Korea, divided at or near the 38th parallel north, 38th parallel between North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea; DPRK) and South Korea (Republic of Korea; ROK). Both countries proclaimed independence in 1948, and the two countries fought the Korean War from 1950 to 1953. The region is bordered by China to the north and Russia to the northeast, across the Yalu River, Amnok (Yalu) and Tumen River, Duman (Tumen) rivers, and is separated from Japan to the southeast by the Korea Strait. Known human habitation of the Korean peninsula dates to 40,000 BC. The kingdom of Gojoseon, which according to tradition was founded in 2333 BC, fell to the Han dynasty in 108 BC. It was followed by the Three Kingdoms of Korea, Three Kingdoms period, in which Korea was divided into Goguryeo, Baekje, a ... [...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] |
Korean Masculine Given Names
Korean may refer to: People and culture * Koreans, people from the Korean peninsula or of Korean descent * Korean culture * Korean language **Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Korean **Korean dialects **See also: North–South differences in the Korean language Places * Korean Peninsula, a peninsula in East Asia **North Korea **South Korea Other uses *Korean Air, flag carrier and the largest airline of South Korea See also *Korean War, 1950-present war between North Korea and South Korea; ceasefire since 1953 *Names of Korea, various country names used in international contexts *History of Korea The Lower Paleolithic era on the Korean Peninsula and in 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 earl ..., the history of Korea up to 1945 * {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
