Do-yeon

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Do-yeon
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Do-yeon is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 44 hanja with the reading "do" and 39 hanja with the reading "yeon" on the South Korean government's list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. [1]

Hanja Korean language characters of Chinese origin

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 and 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.

Yeon is the Revised Romanisation spelling of an element in Korean given names. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are 39 hanja with the reading "yeon" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.

People with this name include:

Kim Do-yeon (politician) South Korean politician

Kim Do-yeon was a Korean independence activist and politician.

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Jeon Do-yeon is a South Korean actress. She has won many awards in her career, including Best Actress at the 60th Cannes Film Festival and the 1st Asia Pacific Screen Awards for her portrayal of a broken woman who has lost everything in Lee Chang-dong's 2007 film Secret Sunshine.

Kim Do-yeon is a South Korean football player for Incheon Red Angels and the South Korean national team. She participated at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Fictional characters with this name include:

<i>I Can Hear Your Voice</i> 2013 South Korean television series

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References

  1. "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names](PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.