Chul, also spelled Cheol or Chol, is a single-syllable Korean masculine given name, as well as an element in some two-syllable Korean given names. 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 it.
Hanja
There are 11 hanja with the reading "chul" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names, as well as
variant forms of two of those hanja; they are:
# (쇠 철 ''soe cheol''): "iron"
#* (variant of above)
# (밝을 철 ''balgeul cheol''): "bright", "keen"
#* (variant of above)
# (통할 철 ''tonghal cheol''): "to penetrate"
# (맑을 철 ''malgeul cheol''): "pure"
# (거둘 철 ''geodul cheol''): "to harvest", "to achieve"
# (바퀴 자국 철 ''bakwi jaguk cheol''): "wheel track"
# (엮을 철 ''yeokkeul cheol''): "to weave"
# (볼록할 철 ''bollokhal cheol''): "convex", "to protrude"
# (그칠 철 ''geuchil cheol''): "to stop"
# (밝을 철 ''balgeul cheol''): "wise"
# (눈 밝을 철 ''nun balgeul cheol''): "sharp eyesight"
People
People with the single-syllable given name Chul include:
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Jeong Cheol (1536–1593), Joseon Dynasty statesman and poet
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Kim Chol (c. 1960–2012), North Korean politician
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Kang Chul (born 1971), South Korean football player
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Park Chul (born 1973), South Korean football player
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Woo Chul (born 1978), South Korean swimmer
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Kim Chul
Kim Chul (born 11 July 1980) is a South Korean field hockey player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an inte ...
(born 1980), South Korean field hockey player
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Hong Chul (born 1990), South Korean football player
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Pak Chol
Pak Chol (, ; born 8 November 1990) is a North Korean long-distance runner. He represents the Sajabong Sports Team.
Pak won the Pyongyang Marathon on 13 April 2014 with a personal best of 2:12:26. The winning time was an improvement of more t ...
(born 1990), North Korean long-distance runner
*Lim Cheol (born 1991), stage name
DinDin, South Korean rapper
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Ahn Chol, North Korean freelance journalist
Fictional characters with the name Chul include:
*Kang Cheol, brother of Player 067 (Kang Sae-byeok) in the 2021 South Korean drama ''
Squid Game
''Squid Game'' () is a South Korean survival drama television series created by Hwang Dong-hyuk for Netflix. Its cast includes Lee Jung-jae, Park Hae-soo, Wi Ha-joon, HoYeon Jung, O Yeong-su, Heo Sung-tae, Anupam Tripathi, and Kim Jo ...
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As name element
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 ...
, some names ending with this element were popular for baby boys in the 1950s and 1960s, including
Sang-chul,
Byung-chul, and
Young-chul.
Other Korean given names containing the element Chul include:
;First syllable
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Cheol-min
Cheol-min, also spelled Chol-min or Chul-min, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 11 hanja with the reading " cheol" and 27 hanja with the reading " min" on t ...
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Chul-soo
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Chul-soon
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Chul-woo
;Second syllable
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Dong-chul
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Hee-chul
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Kyu-chul
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Min-chul
Min-chul, also spelled Min-chol, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 27 hanja with the reading " min" and 11 hanja with the reading " chul" on the South Korean ...
;
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Seung-chul
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Sung-chul
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Won-chul
See also
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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
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Korean masculine given names