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Lee, I, or Yi (이) is the second-most-common surname in Korea, behind Kim (김).As of the South Korean census of 2015, there were 7,306,828 people by this name in South Korea or 14.7% of the population.
Yi I (Korean: 이이; Hanja: 李珥; [1] 1536–1584) was a Korean philosopher, writer, and Confucian scholar of the Joseon period. [2] Yi is often referred to by his art name Yulgok ("Chestnut valley"). He was also a politician [3] and was the academical successor of Jo Gwang-jo.
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.
Today, Lee (romanized as Lee, I, Yi (South Korea), Ri (North Korea)) is one of the top five Korean surnames. The surname today traces its roots to two main families in Korea. The first, the most famous, is the Jeonju Yi clan, the surname of Yi Seong-gye, 이성계, the first ruler of the Joseon Dynasty. Yi was also the last ruling surname in ...
This is a list of Korean given names, in Hangul alphabetical order. See Korean name § Given names for an explanation. List Ga ... Yi-kyung 이경) Yi-soo (이수 ...
For example, the Chinese-derived Korean words for "pear blossoms" (梨花) and "plum blossoms" (李花) are both pronounced "Yi-hwa" in Korean. [2] There are a great variety of potential meanings, as there are 35 hanja with the reading "yi" and 15 hanja with the reading "hwa" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be ...
Yi-seul, also spelled I-seul or E-seul, is a Korean unisex given name.The word itself is a native Korean word meaning "dew" and does not have corresponding hanja.[1] [2] However, since Korean given names can be created arbitrarily, it may also be a name with hanja (e.g. 迆璱).
Yi-soo, also spelled Yi-su or Lee-soo, 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 "yi" and 67 hanja with the reading "soo" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.