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- ↑ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names](PDF). Seoul: Supreme Court of Korea . Retrieved 12 July 2016.
- ↑ "가장 흔한 이름은? 男 영수→민준ㆍ女 영자→서연" [The most popular names? Boys: Young-su → Min-jun, girls: Young-ja → Seo-yeon]. Korea Economic Daily . 20 March 2007. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
- ↑ Breen, Jim (2011). Japanese Names Dictionary. Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group. Archived from the original on 5 December 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
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