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Gun (Korean name)

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Gun
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGeon
McCune–ReischauerKŏn
IPA/kʌn/

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.

Hanja

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There are 15 hanja with this reading, and variant forms of two of those, on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names; they are:[1]

  1. (세울 건; se-ul geon): "to construct"
  2. (하늘 건; haneul geon): "sky"
    • (마를 건; mareul geon): "dry"
    • (variant)
  3. (물건 건; mulgeon geon): "object", "matter"
  4. (굳셀 건; gutsel geon): "strong"
  5. (수건 건; sugeon geon): "towel"
  6. (공경할 건; gong-gyeong geon): "respect"
  7. (문빗장 건; munbitjang geon): "door latch"
  8. (열쇠 건; yeolsoe geon): "key"
  9. (허물 건; heomul geon): "error"
  10. (힘줄 건; himjul geon): "sinew"
  11. (절뚝발이 건; jeolttukbari geon): "cripple"
  12. (이지러질 건; ijireojil geon): "wane"
  13. (빼낼 건; ppaenael geon): "to pick"
  14. (물 이름 건; mul ireum geon): name of a body of water[2]
  15. (밟을 건; balbeul geon): "follow"

People

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People with this name include:

  • Yi Geon (1909–1990), Korean prince
  • Kang Kon (1918–1950), Korean military leader
  • Goh Kun (born 1938), South Korean politician
  • Shin Kuhn (1941–2015), South Korean lawyer and politician
  • Cui Jian (born 1961), Chinese musician
  • Yoo Gun (born Jo Jeong-ik, 1983), American-born South Korean actor
  • Heo Keon (born 1988), South Korean football player
  • Park Gon (born 1990), South Korean football player
  • Lee Geon (footballer) (born 1996), South Korean football player

As a name element

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In the 2000s, one given name containing this element, Kun-woo, was a popular name for newborn baby boys in South Korea.[3] Other given names containing this element include:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. August 2007. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
  2. ^ Specifically, the old name of the South Xinbu River (南新埠河) in Jingmen City, Hubei. See "建水". cidianwang.com. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  3. ^ "남자 → '민준' 여자 → '서연' 가장 많아". Law Times. 2010-01-20. Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2011-09-19.