Yong-nam
Yong-nam is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name.
Yong-nam | |
Hangul | 용남 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Yongnam |
McCune–Reischauer | Yongnam |
Hanja
There are 24 hanja with the reading "yong" and five hanja with the reading "nam" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. Additionally, there is one hanja with the reading "ryong" (龍, meaning "dragon") which may also be written and pronounced "yong" in South Korea, where the historical initial rieul (ㄹ) is not pronounced due to the dueum beopchik rule of phonology in the standard language.[1][2] Ways of writing this name in hanja include:
People
People with this name include:
- Sin Yong-nam (born 1978), North Korean footballer
- Kwon Yong-nam (born 1985), South Korean footballer
- Ri Ryong-nam (리룡남), North Korean politician, member of the Cabinet of North Korea
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See also
- List of Korean given names
- Kim Yong-nam (Korean: 김영남; RR: Gim Yeong-nam; MR: Kim Yŏng-nam; born 1928), North Korean politician, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly
References
- "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). Seoul: Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- "우리말 바루기: '최룡해'인가? '최용해'인가?" [Our language, correctly: Choe Ryong-hae? Choe Yong-hae?]. JoongAng Ilbo. 28 May 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- Breen, Jim (2011). Japanese Names Dictionary. Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
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