Eun-kyung, also spelled Eun-kyeong, or Eun-kyong, Eun-gyoung, Un-kyong, Un-gyong, is a
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, 3 ...
n feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the
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.
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used to write each syllable of the name. There are 30 hanja with the reading "''
eun''" and 74 hanja with the reading "''
kyung''" on the
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...
n government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. In 1970, Eun-kyung was the 5th-most popular name for baby girls born in South Korea, falling to 8th place by 1980.
People with this name include:
Entertainers
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Kang Eun-kyung (born 1971), South Korean television screenwriter
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Shin Eun-kyung (born 1973), South Korean actress
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Lim Eun-kyung (born 1984), South Korean actress
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Shim Eun-kyung (born 1994), South Korean actress
Sportspeople
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Chang Eun-kyung (1951–1996), South Korean judo practitioner
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Lee Eun-kyung (volleyball) (born 1961), South Korean volleyball player
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Chung Eun-kyung (born 1965), South Korean field hockey player
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Choi Eun-kyung (field hockey) (born 1971), South Korean field hockey player
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Lee Eun-kyung (archer) (born 1972), South Korean archer
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Lee Eun-kyung (field hockey) (born 1972), South Korean field hockey player
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Park Eun-kyung (field hockey) (born 1975), South Korean field hockey player
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Ri Un-gyong (born 1980), North Korean football midfielder
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Choi Eun-kyung (born 1984), South Korean short track speed skater
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Choe Un-gyong (wrestler) (born 1991), North Korean freestyle wrestler
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Kim Eun-kyeong (born 1991), South Korean handball player
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Choe Un-gyong (diver) (born 1994), North Korean diver
See also
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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-m ...
References
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Korean feminine given names
Feminine given names