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So-yeon,also spelled So-youn or So-yun,is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 45 hanja with the reading "so" and 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:
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- ↑ "인명용 한자표" [Table of Hanja for use in personal names](PDF) (in Korean). Supreme Court of Korea. August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
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