Gi-ung or Ki-woong is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the

hanja Hanja (Hangul: ; Hanja: , ), alternatively known as Hancha, are Chinese characters () used in the writing of Korean. Hanja was used as early as the Gojoseon period, the first ever Korean kingdom. (, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, ...

used to write each syllable of the name. There are 68 hanja with the reading "gi" and two hanja with the reading "

ung Ung or UNG may refer to: People * Woong, a Korean given name also spelled Ung * Ung (surname), a Cambodian and Norwegian surname * Ung Thị (full name Nguyễn Phúc Ung Thị; 1913–2001), Vietnamese-born American businessman * Franz Unger (1 ...

" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. People with this name include: *

Kang Ki-woong Kang may refer to: Places * Kang Kalan, Punjab * Kang District, Afghanistan * Kang, Botswana, a village * Kang County, Gansu, China * Kang, Isfahan, Iran, a village * Kang, Kerman, Iran, a village * Kang, Razavi Khorasan, Iran, a village * Kha ...

( 강기웅, born 1965), South Korean baseball player, competed in

Baseball at the 1984 Summer Olympics Baseball at the 1984 Summer Olympics was a demonstration sport. Although single exhibition games had been played in conjunction with five previous Olympics, it was the first time that the sport was officially included in the program, and also the ...

Park Ki-woong Park Ki-woong (born February 13, 1985) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for the TV series ''The Slingshot'' (2009) and ''Bridal Mask'' (2012), Return (2018) and Rookie Historian Goo Hae-ryung (2019) as well as the films ''My Tutor Frie ...

(born 1985), South Korean actor *

Bae Gi-ung Bae Gi-ung (born 7 June 1974) is a South Korean boxer. He competed in the men's bantamweight event at the 1996 Summer Olympics. References 1974 births Living people South Korean male boxers Olympic boxers of North Korea Boxers at t ...

, South Korean boxer, represented South Korea at the 1996 Summer Olympics *Kim Ki-woong, one of victims of the

sinking of the MV Sewol The ferry MV ''Sewol'' sank on the morning of April 16, 2014, en route from Incheon towards Jeju in South Korea. The 6,825-ton vessel sent a distress signal from about north of Byeongpungdo at 08:58 KST (23:58 UTC, April 15, 2014). Out o ...

References

{{given name Korean masculine given names

See also

References