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- ↑ "한국성씨일람" [List of Korean family]. Kyungpook National University. 2003-12-11. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
- ↑ "성씨인구분포데이터" [Family name population and distribution data]. South Korea: National Statistics Office. Archived from the original on 2013-11-01. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
- ↑ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names](PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
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