Hyun-sook, also spelled Hyon-suk or Hyeon-sook, 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. () ...

used to write each syllable of the name. There are 35 hanja with the reading " hyun" and 13 hanja with the reading " sook" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. Hyun-sook was the sixth-most popular name for newborn girls in

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 ...

in 1950, falling to eighth place by 1960. People with this name include: *

Chung Hyun-sook Chung Hyun-Sook (; born 3 January 1952) is a former table tennis player from South Korea. She won a gold medal in the Women's Team event at the World Table Tennis Championships The World Table Tennis Championships are table tennis competition ...

(born 1952), South Korean table tennis player *

Han Hyun-sook Han Hyun-Sook (born March 17, 1970) is a South Korean team handball player and Olympic champion. She received a gold medal with the South Korean team at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.Lee Hyeon-sook Lee Hyeon-sook (; born December 29, 1971) is a South Korean manhwa artist who made her debut in 1992. Her works include '' Seduction More Beautiful Than Love'', about a teacher and her student, and '' The Flower of Evil'', a dark story about twins. ...

(born 1971), South Korean comics artist *

Kim Hyun-sook Kim Hyun-sook (; born October 16, 1978) is a South Korean actress and comedian. She is best known for playing the title character in '' Ugly Miss Young-ae'', a long-running sitcom A sitcom (short for situation comedy or situational comedy) ...

(born 1978), South Korean actress and comedian *

Ko Hyon-suk Ko Hyon-suk (born 21 March 1985) is a speed skater who competed for North Korea at the 2010 Winter Olympics as well as at the 2007 and 2011 Asian Winter Games The 2011 Asian Winter Games (; ), also known as Astana-Almaty 2011 (), were a con ...

(born 1985), North Korean speed skater *

Pak Hyon-suk Pak Hyon-Suk (; or ; born August 4, 1985) is a female weightlifter from North Korea. She ranked 6th in the Woman's 58 kg category at the 2004 Summer Olympics, lifting 217.5 kg in total. At the 2007 World Weightlifting C ...

(born 1985), North Korean weightlifter *

Ri Hyon-suk Ri Hyon-suk (born ) is a retired North Korean female volleyball player, playing as a setter. She was part of the North Korea women's national volleyball team. She participated at the 2010 Asian Games The 2010 Asian Games (), officially ...

(born 1989), North Korean volleyball player *

Goo Hyun-sook Goo Hyun-sook () is a South Korean screenwriter under Pan Entertainment. She debuted in 1999 with the KBS2 KBS 2TV is a South Korean free-to-air Free-to-air (FTA) services are television (TV) and radio services broadcast in unencryp ...

, South Korean television writer

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