Ki-moon, also spelled Gi-mun, is a Korean masculine 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 68 hanja with the reading "ki" and 14 hanja with the reading "

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" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. Ways of writing this name in hanja include: * ( ''teo gi'', ''geulwol mun''); these are also used for the Japanese name Motofumi People with this name include: *

Ban Ki-moon Ban Ki-moon (born 13 June 1944) is a South Korean politician and diplomat who served as the eighth secretary-general of the United Nations between 2007 and 2016. Prior to his appointment as secretary-general, Ban was the South Korean minister ...

(born 1944), South Korean diplomat, eighth Secretary General of the United Nations * Kim Kimoon (born 1954), South Korean chemist * Kang Gi-mun, South Korean politician; see

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