Kyung-won, also spelled Kyong-won, 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 unisex 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 74 hanja with the reading "''
kyung
Kyung, also spelled Kyoung, Gyeong, Kyeong, Keyoung, or Kyong, is an uncommon Korean family name, as well as a single-syllable Korean given name and an element in many two-syllable Korean given names.
As a family name
The 2000 South Korean Census ...
''" and 46 hanja with the reading "''
won''"
대법원 인명용 : 네이버 한자사전 "원"
/ref> on the 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 ...
n government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.
People
People with this name include:
* Park Kyung-won (1901–1933), Korea's first female aviator
*K. W. Lee
Kyung Won Lee (Korean: 이경원; June 1, 1928 – March 8, 2025) was an American journalist who worked for mainstream daily publications in the continental United States. Lee was also the founding president of the Korean American Journalists As ...
(born 1928), Korean-born American male journalist
* Kyongwon Ahn (born 1937), Korean-born American male taekwondo master
*Na Kyung-won
Na Kyung-won (, born 6 December 1963) is a South Korean judge and politician. She is a member of the conservative People Power Party. She has been a member of the National Assembly since 2004. From December 2018 to December 2019 she was the parl ...
(born 1963), South Korean female politician and lawyer
*Moon Kyungwon
Moon Kyungwon (; born 1969) is a Seoul-based artist who received her Masters of Fine Arts from the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) and Ph.D in Visual Communication from Yonsei University, South Korea. Moon held her solo exhibition at ...
(born 1969), South Korean female artist
*Lee Kyung-won
Lee Kyung-won (; ; born 21 January 1980 in Andong, North Gyeongsang Province) is a badminton player from South Korea. Lee was the women's doubles gold medallist at the 2002 Asian Games. She competed at the Olympic Games in 2000, 2004, and 2008, ...
(born 1980), South Korean female badminton player
* Yoon Kyung-won (born 1982), South Korean male ice hockey player
*Kwon Kyung-won
Kwon Kyung-won (; born 31 January 1992) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a left-footed centre back or a defensive midfielder for K League 1 club FC Anyang and the South Korea national team.
Club career
He was selected by ...
(born 1992), South Korean male footballer
See also
*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
External links
Page for the name "경원"
on erumy.com
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Korean unisex given names