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Woo, also spelled Wu, or U, is a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in many two-syllable Korean given names. [1] As a given name the meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are 64 hanja with the reading "woo" [2] on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.
Some notorious fictional Korean gangs that feature prominently in TV series include: K-Town Killers in The Shield. Considered the main Asian gang in the series, they are known for being quite violent and for having prostitution and drug trafficking (mainly fentanyl) as their main economic activities. Shin Kkangpae in Power.
In a study by the National Institute of the Korean Language based on 2007 application data for South Korean passports, it was found that 97.0% of people with this surname spelled it in Latin letters as Woo in their passports, while only 1.6% spelled it as Wu. Rarer alternative spellings (the remaining 1.4%) included U and Wo.
Nearly a dozen members of a Brooklyn-based gang face federal charges for their alleged roles in obtaining unemployment benefits in a COVID-19 relief fraud case.
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.
Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 75 hanja with the reading "jung" and 41 hanja with the reading "woo" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. [1]
Min-woo is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 27 hanja with the reading "min" and 41 hanja with the reading "woo" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.
Woo-jin is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the given name. There are 41 hanja with the reading "woo" 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. [1]