Kyung-hwa, also spelled Kyung-wha or Kyong-hwa, 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 54 hanja with the reading "
kyung" and 15 hanja with the reading "hwa" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.
People with this name include:
;Sportspeople
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Yu Kyung-hwa (born 1953), South Korean Olympic volleyball player
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Sung Kyung-hwa (born 1965), South Korean team handball player and Olympic champion
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Park Kyung-hwa (born 1984), South Korean swimmer
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Kim Kyong-hwa (born 1986), North Korean football player
;Other
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Kyung-wha Chung (born 1948), South Korean violinist
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Kyunghwa Lee (born 1968), South Korean-born American performing artist
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Han Kyeong-hwa (born 1977), South Korean voice actress
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Kang Kyung-wha, South Korean diplomat, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights
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
{{Given name, cat=Korean feminine given names
Feminine given names