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Other scholars believe 朝鮮 was a translation (like Japanese kun'yomi) of the native Korean Asadal (아사달), the capital of Gojoseon: asa being a hypothetical Altaic root word for "morning", and dal meaning "mountain", a common ending for Goguryeo place names (with the use of the character 鮮 "fresh" to transcribe the final -dal syllable ...
Min-ho is a Korean masculine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 27 hanja with the reading "min" and 49 hanja with the reading "ho" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. [1]
Soon-ja, also spelled Sun-ja, is a Korean female given name.According to South Korean government data it was the seventh-most popular name for baby girls in 1940. [1] The same characters correspond to a number of Japanese female given names, including the on'yomi reading Junko and the kun'yomi readings Ayako, Masako, Michiko, Nobuko, and Yoshiko. [2]
Gun, also spelled Geon, Kŏn, Keon, Gon, Kuhn, or Kun, is a single-syllable masculine Korean given name, as well as an element in some two-syllable given names. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.
Won is a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in many two-syllable Korean given names. [1] Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are 47 hanja with the reading "won" [2] on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.
So-won is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 68 hanja with the reading "so" [1] and 46 hanja with the reading "won" [2] on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.
Sino-Korean words constitute a large portion of South Korean vocabulary, the remainder being native Korean words and loanwords from other languages, such as Japanese and English to a lesser extent. Sino-Korean words are typically used in formal or literary contexts, [5] and to express abstract or complex ideas. [7]
Hyun-jin, also spelled Hyeon-jin or Hyon-jin, is a Korean unisex given name.Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 35 hanja with the reading "hyun" and 43 hanja with the reading "jin" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.