Si-young, also spelled Shi-young, or Si-yeong, is a

Korea Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republi ...

n unisex given name. The 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 56 hanja with the reading "'' shi''" and 85 hanja with the reading "'' young''"대법원 인명용 : 네이버 한자사전 "영"
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South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

n government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. People with this name include: *

Yi Si-yeong Seongjae Yi Si-yeong (Chosŏn'gŭl: 이시영; Hanja: 李始榮, December 3, 1868 – April 19, 1953) was a Korean politician, independence activist, educator and neo-Confucianist scholar. He was the first vice president of South Korea fr ...

(1868-1953), Korean male politician, independence activist, educator and neo-Confucianist scholar * Lee Si-young (born 1950), South Korean male writer * Lee Si-young (born Lee Eun-rae, 1982), South Korean actress and former amateur boxer * Lee Si-young (born 1997), South Korean male footballer

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