Hae-seong

Hae-seong, also spelled Hae-sung, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning varies based on the hanja used. There are 23 hanja with the reading "hae" and 27 hanja with the reading "seong" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.[1]

Not to be confused with Hye-sung, a similarly-pronounced Korean given name.
Hae-seong
Hangul
해성
Hanja
海成 and others
Revised RomanizationHae-seong
McCune–ReischauerHaesŏng

People with this name include:

  • Jung Hae-seong (born 1958), South Korean football manager
  • Song Hae-sung (born 1964), South Korean film director and screenwriter
  • Kook Hae-seong (born 1989), South Korean baseball outfielder (KBO League)
  • Kwak Hae-seong (born 1994), South Korean football player (K-League Classic)

See also

References
  1. "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
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