| Byung-chul | |
| Hangul | 병철 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Byeong-cheol |
| McCune–Reischauer | Pyŏngch'ŏl |
Byung-chul is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 17 hanja with the reading "byung" and 11 hanja with the reading "chul" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. [1] It was the eighth-most popular name for baby boys born in South Korea in 1950. [2]
Hanja is the Korean name for Chinese characters. More specifically, it refers to those Chinese characters borrowed from Chinese and incorporated into the Korean language with Korean pronunciation. Hanja-mal or Hanja-eo refers to words that can be written with Hanja, and hanmun refers to Classical Chinese writing, although "Hanja" is sometimes used loosely to encompass these other concepts. Because Hanja never underwent major reform, they are almost entirely identical to traditional Chinese and kyūjitai characters, though the stroke orders for some characters are slightly different. For example, the characters 教 and 研 are written as 敎 and 硏. Only a small number of Hanja characters are modified or unique to Korean. By contrast, many of the Chinese characters currently in use in Japan and Mainland China have been simplified, and contain fewer strokes than the corresponding Hanja characters.
Chul, also spelled Cheol or Chol, is a single-syllable Korean masculine given name, as well as an element in some two-syllable Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. The name Korea is derived from Goguryeo which was one of the great powers in East Asia during its time, ruling most of the Korean Peninsula, Manchuria, parts of the Russian Far East and Inner Mongolia under Gwanggaeto the Great. Its capital, Seoul, is a major global city and half of South Korea's over 51 million people live in the Seoul Capital Area, the fourth largest metropolitan economy in the world.
People with this name include:
- Lee Byung-chul (1910–1987), South Korean businessman, founder of the Samsung Group
- Kim Byoung-chul (born 1949), South Korean engineer, 18th president of Korea University
- Park Byung-chul (born 1954), South Korean former footballer
- Byung-Chul Han (born 1959), South Korean-born German philosophy professor
- Byung Chul Kim (born 1974), South Korean artist
- Choi Byung-chul (born 1981), South Korean foil fencer
- Kim Byong-cheol, South Korean taekwondo practitioner, gold medalist at the 1992 Olympics
- Ri Pyong Chol, North Korean general, member of the Central Military Commission
Lee Byung-chul was the founder of the Samsung Group and one of South Korea's most successful businessmen. With the breakup of the Hyundai chaebol, Samsung is now South Korea's largest business group.
Park Byung-chul is a former South Korean footballer and football manager.
Byung-Chul Han is a South Korean-born German philosopher, cultural theorist. He was professor at the Berlin University of the Arts and is still occasionally giving courses there.
