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In addition, the Japanese colonial government implemented various restrictions on the use of the Korean language around the mid-1930s; the Korean Language Society was also persecuted in one incident. [13] Regardless of romanization systems, many Koreans chose and continue to choose to spell their names in Latin script in an ad hoc manner.
A certain name written in Hangul can be a native Korean name, or a Sino-Korean name, or even both. For example, Bo-ram (보람) can not only be a native Korean name, [21] but can also be a Sino-Korean name (e.g. 寶濫). [22] In some cases, parents intend a dual meaning: both the meaning from a native Korean word and the meaning from Hanja.
The name hangeul (한글) was coined by Korean linguist Ju Si-gyeong in 1912. The name combines the ancient Korean word han (한), meaning great, and geul (글), meaning script. The word han is used to refer to Korea in general, so the name also means Korean script. [14] It has been romanized in multiple ways:
For the given name, put a hyphen in only if the given name is exactly two Hangul characters. Do not assimilate the given name. No hyphen or space in the surname. Do not capitalize after the hyphen. For the surname, check the surname table below. If the surname is in the table, use the spelling given in the table. If not in the table, romanize ...
In some cases, only parts of Korean terms and names have corresponding Hanja. For example, a person's name with a native Korean given name: "Kim Da-som". In such cases, you can display Korean mixed script as Hanja: Korean: 김다솜; Hanja: 金다솜.
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The Korean spelling alphabet (Korean: 한국어 표준 음성 기호; RR: hangugeo pyojun eumseong giho; also 한글 통화표; hangeul tonghwapyo) is a spelling alphabet for the Korean language, similar to the NATO phonetic alphabet.
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