| Chul-soo | |
| Hangul | 철수 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Cheol-su |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ch'ǒlsu |
Chul-soo, also spelled Cheol-su, Cheol-soo, Chol-su, or Chol-soo, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 11 hanja with the reading "chul" and 67 hanja with the reading "soo" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. [1]
Hanja also known as Choson-ja by Japanese and overseas Koreans is the Korean name for Chinese characters. More specifically, it refers to the 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.
Soo, also spelled Su, is a rare Korean family name, a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in many two-syllable Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.
People with this name include:
- Im Cheol-su (born 1920s), South Korean victim of the 1969 Korean Air Lines YS-11 hijacking
- Park Chul-soo (1948–2013), South Korean film director
- Kim Chul-soo (footballer) (born 1952), South Korean footballer
- Chol Soo Lee (born 1952), South Korean-born American man wrongfully convicted of a 1973 murder
- Bae Cheol-soo (born 1953), South Korean radio host and former singer
- Ahn Cheol-soo (born 1962), South Korean businessman and politician
- Choe Chol-su (born 1969), North Korean boxer
- Kim Chul-soo (volleyball) (born 1970), South Korean volleyball player, medalist in volleyball at the 1994 Asian Games
- Jang Cheol-soo (born 1974), South Korean film director
- Kim Chol-su (born 1982), North Korean judo practitioner
The Korean Air Lines YS-11 hijacking occurred on 11 December 1969. The aircraft, a Korean Air Lines NAMC YS-11 flying a domestic route from Gangneung Airbase in Gangneung, Gangwon-do, South Korea to Gimpo International Airport in Seoul, was hijacked at 12:25 PM by North Korean agent Cho Ch'ang-hǔi (조창희). It was carrying four crewmembers and 46 passengers ; 39 of the passengers were returned two months later, but the crew and seven passengers remain in North Korea. The incident is seen in the South as an example of the North Korean abductions of South Koreans.
Park Chul-soo was a South Korean film director, producer, screenwriter and occasional actor. He was one of the most active filmmakers in Korean cinema in the 1980s and '90s.
Kim Chul-soo is a former South Korean footballer who plays as a Defender.
Fictional characters with this name include
- Chul-soo, in 2012 South Korean film A Werewolf Boy
- Park Chul-soo, in 2006 South Korean television series What's Up Fox
A Werewolf Boy is a 2012 South Korean fantasy romance film in which a beautiful teenage girl is sent to a country house for her health, where she befriends and attempts to civilize a feral boy she discovers on the grounds — but the beast inside him is constantly waiting to burst out.
What's Up Fox? is a 2006 South Korean television series, starring Go Hyun-jung and Chun Jung-myung. It aired on MBC from September 20 to November 9, 2006 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes. The romantic comedy explores age differences in relationships, in particular between a thirty-something woman and her best friend's brother who is nine years younger.
