Seon | |
Hangul | 선 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Seon |
McCune–Reischauer | Sŏn |
Seon,also spelled Sun,is an uncommon Korean family name,as well as an element in Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.
As a family name,Seon may be written with either of two hanja,one meaning "to announce" (宣) and the other meaning "first" (先). Each has one bon-gwan :for the former,Boseong,Jeollanam-do,and for the latter,Jinseong,Jinju,Gyeongsangnam-do,both in what is today South Korea. [1] The 2000 South Korean census found 38,849 people with these family names. [2] In a study by the National Institute of the Korean Language based on 2007 application data for South Korean passports,it was found that 60.7% of people with this surname spelled it in Latin letters as Sun in their passports,while another 39.2% spelled it as Seon. [3]
People with this family name include:
There are 41 hanja with the reading "seon" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names;they are listed in the table at right. [4]
People with the single-syllable name Seon include:
Given names containing this element include:
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Myung, also spelled Myeong, Myong, or Myoung, is a Korean family name, a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in some two-syllable Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.
Joon, also spelled Jun, Chun, or June, is a rare Korean family name, as well as a common element in Korean given names.
Moon, also spelled Mun, is a Korean family name, a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in some two-syllable Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.
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Hyun, also spelled Hyeon or Hyon, Hyoun, is a Korean surname, a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in many two-syllable Korean given names. As given name meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are 42 hanja with the reading "hyun" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.
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Mi-sun, also spelled Mi-seon or Mee-sun, is a Korean unisex name, predominantly feminine. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 33 hanja with the reading "mi" and 41 hanja with the reading "seon" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.
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