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- ↑ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names](PDF) (in Korean). Seoul: Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea. August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ↑ "Customs: Korean names". Korea Tourism Organization. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
- ↑ 이진희 [Yi Jin-hui] (2009-01-28). "너도 민준이니… 어! 또 서연이야". Hankook Ilbo . Archived from the original on 2011-01-22. Retrieved 2012-10-27.
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