Dong-geun, also spelled Dong-keun, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 24 hanja with the reading "dong" and 18 hanja with the reading "geun" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[1]
Dong-geun | |
Hangul | 동근 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Dong-geun |
McCune–Reischauer | Tong'gŭn |
IPA | [to̞ŋɡɯn] |
People with this name include:
Entertainers
edit- Yoo Dong-geun (born 1956), South Korean actor
- Yang Dong-geun (born 1979), South Korean actor
- Peniel Shin (born Shin Dong-geun, 1993), American rapper, member of boy band BtoB
Sportspeople
edit- Park Dong-keun (born 1941), South Korean taekwondo grandmaster
- Lee Dong-keun (curler) (born 1979), South Korean curler
- Lee Dong-geun (footballer, born 1981), South Korean footballer
- Shin Dong-keun (born 1981), South Korean footballer
- Yang Dong-geun (basketball) (born 1981), South Korean basketball player
- Yu Dong-geun (born 1985), South Korean handball player
- Lee Dong-geun (footballer, born 1988), South Korean footballer
- Lee Dong-keun (badminton) (born 1990), South Korean badminton player
Others
edit- Shin Dong-kun (born 1961), South Korean dentist and politician
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "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.