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Yaminjeongeum (Korean: 야민정음; Hanja: 野民正音) is a South Korean Internet meme which disassembles Hangul characters of a word and replaces them with others which appear similar to the correct form. For example, daejang (대장, "chief") is changed into meojang (머장), since dae (대) resembles meo (머).
This is a list of Korean surnames, in Hangul alphabetical order. The most common Korean surname (particularly in South Korea) is Kim (김), followed by Lee (이) and Park (박). These three surnames are held by around half of the ethnic Korean population. This article uses the most recent South Korean statistics (currently 2015) as the basis.
A Korean sign for Gyeongju, which translates to "congratulatory province" or "capital province". Korean place name etymologies are based upon a large linguistic background of Chinese, Japanese and Old Korean influence and history. [1] The commonplace names have multiple meanings in Korean, Chinese, and when transliterated to English as well. [2]
Doul Yang (도울 양, 襄), meaning "assist", is the least common of the four surname hanja read Yang, used by 823 people in 263 households.This made it the 182nd-most common surname in the 2000 Census.
Yeon, also spelled Yon, or Yun is a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in two-syllable Korean given names. [1] Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are 56 hanja with the reading "yeon" [2] on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.
Young, also spelled Yeong, Yong, or Yung, is an uncommon 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.
Da-som is a Korean feminine given name. Unlike most Korean names, which are composed of two Sino-Korean roots each written with one hanja, "Da-som" is an indigenous Korean name: a single word meaning "love". [1] It is an older variation of the South Korean name Sa-rang; both names carry the meaning of "love".
The title is composed of his pen name, "Eou", and "yadam", which can be roughly translated as "unofficial histories" or "miscellaneous talks" in English. [2] Eou yadam was written in classical Chinese, the written lingua franca of the time. It remains five volumes in one book although Eou yadam originally consisted of 10 volumes.