Byeong-cheol, or Byung-chul, Pyong-chol 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, ...

used to write each syllable of the name. There are 17 hanja with the reading "byeong" and 11 hanja with the reading " cheol" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. It was the eighth-most popular name for baby boys born in

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

in 1950. People with this name include: * Kim Byong-cheol, South Korean taekwondo practitioner, gold medalist at the 1992 Olympics * Ri Pyong-chol (born 1948), North Korean marshal * Choi Byung-chul (born 1981), South Korean foil fencer *

Byung-Chul Han Byung-Chul Han (born 1959) is a South Korean-born philosopher and cultural theorist living in Germany. He was a professor at the Berlin University of the Arts and still occasionally gives courses there. Life and work Byung-Chul Han studied ...

(born 1959), South Korean philosopher and cultural theorist *

Byung Chul Kim Byung Chul Kim (; born 1974) is a South Korean artist based in Germany since 2004. He works in performance, drawing, painting and video. Life and work Kim was born in Seoul, South Korea. Kim grew up in the interior of South Korea and spent ...

(born 1974), South Korean artist * Kim Byung-chul (born 1974), South Korean actor * Lee Byung-chul (1910–1987), South Korean businessman, founder of the Samsung Group * Park Byung-chul (born 1954), South Korean former footballer

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