Hee-soo, also spelled Hui-su, is a
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, ...
. 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.
Hanja
Article 44 of South Korea's gives the
Supreme Court
In most legal jurisdictions, a supreme court, also known as a court of last resort, apex court, high (or final) court of appeal, and court of final appeal, is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts. Broadly speaking, the decisions of ...
the power to define the list of
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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permitted for use in given names. Under the Supreme Court's regulations, that list consists of the
Basic Hanja for educational use and a
list of additional hanja permitted for use in given names. , the permitted hanja for the name Hee-soo comprise:
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Hee (; 35 hanja):
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Soo (; 83 hanja):
People
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Park Hee-soo (born 1983), South Korean baseball pitcher
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Randi Heesoo Griffin (born 1988), American ice hockey player
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Colde
Kim Hee-soo (; born May 10, 1994), better known as Colde (), is a South Korean singer-songwriter. He debuted in 2016 as a member of the indie duo Off On Off. As a solo artist he has released the extended plays ''Wave'' (2018), ''Love Part 1'' ...
(born Kim Hee-soo, 1994), South Korean singer-songwriter
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Byun Hui-su (1998–2021), South Korean transgender soldier
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 unisex given names