Hyuk

Hyuk, also spelled Hyok or Hyeok, is a single-syllable masculine Korean given name, as well as an element in some two-syllable Korean given names. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write the name.

Hyuk
Hangul
혁
Hanja
Revised RomanizationHyeok
McCune–ReischauerHyŏk

Hanja and meaning

There are nine hanja with this reading on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names; they are:[1]

  1. 革 (가죽 혁; gajuk hyeok): "leather"
  2. 赫 (빛날 혁; binnal hyeok) "shining"
  3. 焀
  4. 奕 (클 혁; keul hyeok): "abundant"
  5. 焱 (불꽃 혁; bulkkot hyeok): "flames"
  6. 侐 (고요할 혁; goyohal hyeok): "tranquil"
  7. 焃 (빛날 혁; binnal hyeok): "shining"
  8. 𧹽: "dark red"[2]
  9. 嚇 (성낼 혁; seongnael hyeok)

People

People with this name include:

  • Byun Hyuk (born 1966), South Korean film director and screenwriter
  • An Hyuk (born 1968), North Korean defector who escaped from the Yodok concentration camp
  • Kim Hyuk (born 1972), South Korean judo practitioner
  • Jang Hyuk (born 1976), South Korean actor
  • Kwon Hyuk (born 1983), South Korean baseball player
  • Kim Hyuk (footballer) (born 1985), South Korean football player
  • Hyuk Shin (born 1985), South Korean-born American music producer
  • Jeong Hyuk (born 1986), South Korean football player
  • Dean (South Korean singer) (born Kwon Hyuk, 1992), South Korean singer-songwriter and record producer
  • Oh Hyuk (born 1993), South Korean singer, member of Hyukoh
  • Jin Hyuk, South Korean television director

People with the stage name or nickname Hyuk include:

  • Im Hyuk (born Im Jung-hyuk, 1949), South Korean actor
  • Hyuk (singer) (born Han Sang-hyuk, 1995), South Korean singer, member of VIXX

As name element

Given names containing this element include:

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See also

References
  1. "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. August 2007. p. 49. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  2. ⿰赤㬎 in Chinese character description language; this character is encoded in the Unicode block CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B, and may not display properly without a specialised font. For the meaning and an image, see "𧹽". zonmal.com. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
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