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.
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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:
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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
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Han Hyun-sook (born 1970), South Korean handball player
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Lee Hyeon-sook (born 1971), South Korean comics artist
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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
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Ko Hyon-suk (born 1985), North Korean speed skater
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Pak Hyon-suk (born 1985), North Korean weightlifter
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Ri Hyon-suk (born 1989), North Korean volleyball player
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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
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