Myung-soon, also spelled Myong-sun, is a Korean 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. () ...

used to write each syllable of the name. There are 19 hanja with the reading "

myung Myung, also spelled Myeong, Myong, or Myoung, is a Korean family name, a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in some two-syllable Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. Family name The surname M ...

" and 31 hanja with the reading "soon" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. People with this name include: *

Son Myung-soon Son Myung-soon (; 29 January 1929 – 7 March 2024), also transliterated as Sohn Myung Soon, was the First Lady of South Korea from 1993 to 1998. Biography Son was born on 29 January 1929 in Shinryū-yū, Kinkai-gun, Keishōnan Province, Kore ...

(born 1928), First Lady of South Korea from 1993 to 1998 * Kim Myung-soon (born 1964), South Korean team handball player *

Ri Myong-sun Ri Myong-sun (; born 26 January 1992) is a North Korean table tennis player. She competed for North Korea at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She went on to compete for North Korea again at the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), ...

(born 1992), North Korean table tennis player

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{{reflist Korean feminine given names Feminine given names

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