Kyung-chul, also spelled Kyong-chol or Gyeong-cheol, 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 54 hanja with the reading " kyung" and 11 hanja with the reading " chul" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. People with this name include: * Cho Gyeong-chul (1929–2010), South Korean astronomer * Park Gyeong-cheol (born 1969), South Korean sprint canoer * Ri Kyong-chol (born 1979), North Korean long-distance runner * Lee Kyung-chul, South Korean archer * Cho Kyong-chol, North Korean Supreme People's Assembly member for Sungrisan; see

2014 North Korean parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in North Korea on 9 March 2014 to elect the members of the 13th Supreme People's Assembly. Background These were the first elections since Kim Jong Un became leader of the country as the leader of the Workers' ...

Fictional characters with this name include: * Jang Kyung-chul, in 2010 South Korean film '' I Saw the Devil''

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