Mi-sook

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Mi-sook
Hangul 미숙
Hanja 美 淑 and others
Revised Romanization Mi-suk
McCune–Reischauer Misuk

Mi-sook is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 33 hanja with the reading "mi" and 13 hanja with the reading "sook" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. [1] Mi-sook was the second-most popular name for newborn girls in South Korea in 1960. [2]

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 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.

Sook, also spelled Suk, is a single-syllable Korean given name, as well as an element in many two-syllable Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.

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Kim Mi-sook is a South Korean actress.

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References

  1. ↑ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names](PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. p. 3. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
  2. ↑ "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
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