Beom-seok

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Beom-seok is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 13 hanja with the reading "beom" 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. [1] The name may be spelled various ways in the Roman alphabet. One customary spelling, Bum-suk, became a source of mirth to Anglophones in the 1950s and again in the 1980s, when two South Korean politicians who spelled their name that way rose to prominence. [2] [3] [4] As a result, other transcriptions such as Pom-sok came into wider use. [5]

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References

  1. "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names](PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. p. 29. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
  2. Kristof, Nicholas D. (1995-12-17). "Dung! What an Unusual Name!". The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-06-18.
  3. Derbyshire, John (2003-04-04). "A Modest Proposal: An action item". National Review Online. Retrieved 2014-06-18.
  4. Singh, Khushwant (1991). Khushwant Singh's Joke Book. Orient Paperbacks. p.  122.
  5. "Far Eastern Economic Review, Volume 86". Far Eastern Economic Review. 86. 1974. p. 99.