Sung-il

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Sung-il
Hangul
성일
Hanja
成 一, 星 一 and others
Revised Romanization Seong-il
McCune–Reischauer Sŏng'il

Sung-il, also spelled Seong-il or Seoung-il, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 27 hanja with the reading "sung" and ten hanja with the reading "il" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. [1] One pair of hanja used to write this name (成一) also correspond to a number of different Japanese given names, including the on-yomi Seiichi and kun-yomi such as Iwao and Masakazu. [2]

Hanja Korean language characters of Chinese origin

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References

  1. ↑ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names](PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. p. 23. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
  2. ↑ Breen, Jim (2011). Japanese Names Dictionary. Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group. Archived from the original on 2012-12-05. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
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