Won-il

Won-il is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 35 hanja with the reading "won" and ten hanja with the reading "il" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.[1]

Won-il
Hangul
원일
Hanja
, , , and others
Revised RomanizationWon-il
McCune–ReischauerWŏnil

Hanja

Some ways in which this name may be written in hanja include:

  • (으뜸 원, 한 일), with hanja meaning "best"/"basis" and "one". These hanja may also correspond to the Japanese names Gen'ichi, Motoichi, and Motokazu.[2]
  • (근원 원, 한 일), with hanja meaning "origin" and "one". These hanja may also correspond to the Japanese names Gen'ichi, Motoichi, and Motokazu.[2]
  • (둥글 원, 한 일), with hanja meaning "round" and "one".

People

People with this name include:

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gollark: --remind 100000m test 100000m
gollark: --remind 10m test 10m
gollark: --remind 10000m test 10000m
gollark: --remind 1000m test 1000m

See also

References

  1. "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
  2. Breen, Jim (2011). Japanese Names Dictionary. Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
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