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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.
Won Lee-sak (born 1994), better known by his in-game name PartinG, South Korean StarCraft II player Won Mi-kyung (born 1960), South Korean actress Won Min-ji (stage name Anda, born 1994), South Korean singer-songwriter
This is a list of Korean given names, in Hangul alphabetical order. See Korean name § Given names for an explanation. List Ga ... Kyung-won 경원) Kyung-ja ...
Aside from newborns being given newly popular names, many adults change their names as well, some in order to cast off birth names they feel are old-fashioned. Between 2000 and 2010, a total of 844,615 people (about 1 in every 60 South Koreans) applied to change their names; 730,277 were approved.
Dae-won, also spelled Dai-won or Tae-won, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. Hanja
Therefore, 1,000 won issued in 1983 is series II (나) because it is the second design of all 1,000 won designs since the introduction of the South Korean won in 1962. In 1962, 10 and 50 jeon, 1, 5, 10, 50, 100 and 500 won notes were introduced by the Bank of Korea.
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.
Dong-won is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 24 hanja with the reading "dong" and 35 hanja with the reading "won" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.