Yi-kyung

Yi-kyung, also spelled Lee-kyung, is a Korean unisex given name.[1] Due to North–South differences in the Korean language, in North Korea some of these names start with an "r" (ㄹ) in both spoken and written form, which does not occur in word-initial position in Korean as spoken in the South. There are 35 hanja with the reading "yi", 26 hanja with the reading "ri", and 54 hanja with the reading "kyung" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[2]

Yi-kyung
Hangul	이경 (리경)
Hanja	利卿 and others
Revised Romanization	South: Yi-gyeong North: Ri-gyeong
McCune–Reischauer	South: Yigyŏng North: Rigyŏng

People with this name include:

• Chun Lee-kyung (born 1976), South Korean short track speed skater
• Kwak Yi-kyong (born 1979), South Korean LGBT rights activist
• Lee Yi-kyung (born 1989), South Korean male actor
• Woo Yi-kyung (우이경; born 1987), South Korean pop singer

Fictional characters with this name include:

• Han Yi-kyung, in 2005 South Korean television series Only You
• Han Yi-kyung, in 2007 South Korean television series Air City
• Song Yi-kyung, in 2011 South Korean television series 49 Days[3]

See also

• List of Korean given names
• Kim Yik-yung (김익영, born 1935), South Korean ceramic artist
• Jeong Yi-kyeong (정의경, born 1985), South Korean handball player, whose given name is spelled Ui-gyeong in Revised Romanisation

References

1. "이경, 이름검색". erumy.com. Retrieved 2012-12-21.
2. "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
3. Wee, Geun-woo (9 March 2011). "PREVIEW: SBS TV series 49 Days". 10Asia. Retrieved 2013-05-16.