Gun (Korean name)

For the Korean name spelled in hangul, see Geun.
Gun
Hangul
Hanja

Revised Romanization Geon
McCune–Reischauer Kŏn

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

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): to construct
  2. (하늘 건, 마를 건): sky, dry
  3. (물건 건): object, matter
  4. (굳셀 건): strong
  5. (수건 건): towel
  6. (공경할 건): respect
  7. (문빗장 건): door latch
  8. (열쇠 건): key
  9. (허물 건): error
  10. (힘줄 건): sinew
  11. (절뚝발이 건): cripple
  12. (이지러질 건): wane
  13. (빼낼 건): to pick
  14. (물 이름 건): name of a body of water
  15. (밟을 건): follow

People

People with this name include:

As a name element

In the 2000s, one given name containing this element, Kun-woo, was a popular name for newborn baby boys in South Korea.[2] Other given names containing this element include:

See also

References

  1. "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names]. South Korea: Supreme Court. p. 2. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
  2. "남자 → '민준' 여자 → '서연' 가장 많아". Law Times. 2010-01-20. Retrieved 2011-09-19.