Man-seok (pronounced ) 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 19 hanja with the reading "man" and 20 hanja with the reading "
seok" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.
People with this name include:
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Oh Man-seok
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Career
Theater beginnings
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(born 1975), South Korean actor
Fictional characters with this name include:
*Man-seok, in 1993 South Korean film ''
I Will Survive
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*Man-seok, in 2010 South Korean film ''
The Man from Nowhere''
*Kim Man-seok, in 2011 South Korean film ''
Late Blossom
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After opening quietly to little fanfare, the indie slowly gained positive word-of-mouth and crit ...
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*Go Man-seok, in 2013 South Korean television series ''
Two Weeks''
*Choi Man-seok, in 2014 South Korean television series ''
High School King of Savvy
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See also
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List of Korean given names
This is a list of Korean given names by type. Most Korean given names consist of two Sino-Korean morphemes each written with one hanja. There are also names with more than two syllables, often from native Korean vocabulary. Finally, there are a sm ...
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Korean masculine given names
Masculine given names