Gun, also spelled Geon, Kŏn, Keon, Gon, Kuhn, or Kun, is a single-syllable masculine
Korean given name
Korean names are names that place their origin in, or are used in, Korea. A Korean name in the modern era typically consists of a surname followed by a given name, with no middle names. A number of Korean terms for names exist. For full names, ...
, as well as an element in some two-syllable given names. The 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 it.
Hanja
There are 15 hanja with this reading, and
variant forms of two of those, on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names; they are:
# (): "to construct"
#* (variant)
# (): "sky"
#*(): "dry"
#* (variant)
# (): "object", "matter"
# (): "strong"
# (): "towel"
# (): "respect"
# (): "door latch"
# (): "key"
# (): "error"
# (): "sinew"
# (): "cripple"
# (): "wane"
# (): "to pick"
# (): name of a body of water
[Specifically, the old name of the South Xinbu River () in ]Jingmen
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City, Hubei
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. See
# (): "follow"
People
People with this name include:
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Yi Geon
Colonel Prince Yi Geon (October 28, 1909 – December 21, 1990), also Ri Ken and , was a Korean prince and a cavalry officer in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. The first son of Prince Yi Kang of Korean Empire, Korea by Lady Jeon ...
(1909–1990), Korean prince
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Kang Kon
(; June 23, 1918 – September 8, 1950) was a Korean military leader active in Manchuria and the Korean peninsula as well as a politician during the years leading up to the Korean War and during the first stages of the Korean War in 1950.
Bio ...
(1918–1950), Korean military leader
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Goh Kun
Goh Kun (, born 2 January 1938) is a South Korean politician who served as the prime minister of South Korea from 1997 to 1998 and again from 2003 to 2004. He was the acting president of South Korea at the time of Roh Moo-hyun's suspension in 20 ...
(born 1938), South Korean politician
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Shin Kuhn (1941–2015), South Korean lawyer and politician
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Cui Jian
Cui Jian or Choi Geon ( zh, c=崔健; ; born 2 August 1961) is a Chinese singer-songwriter and musician. Dubbed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Godfather of Chinese Rock", Cui is often deemed the most influential rock musician in China. ...
(born 1961), Chinese musician
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Yoo Gun
Jo Jeong-ik (born 21 January 1983), better known by his stage name Yoo Gun, is an American-born South Korean actor.
Early life
Jo Jeong-ik was born in Arizona, United States to Korean American parents. He came to South Korea in the 1990s as a ...
(born Jo Jeong-ik, 1983), American-born South Korean actor
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Heo Keon (born 1988), South Korean football player
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Park Gon (born 1990), South Korean football player
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Lee Geon (footballer) (born 1996), South Korean football player
As a name element
In the 2000s, one given name containing this element,
Kun-woo, was a popular name for newborn baby boys in South Korea.
Other given names containing this element include:
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Dong-gun
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Yoo-gun
See also
* Gun, a character from the horror comic series ''
Witch Creek Road''
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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 given names
Korean masculine given names
Masculine given names