Gun, also spelled Geon, Kŏn, Keon, Gon, Kuhn, or Kun, is a single-syllable masculine Korean given name, as well as an element in some two-syllable given names. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.
| Gun | |
| Hangul | 건 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Geon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kŏn |
| IPA | /kʌn/ |
Hanja
editThere are 15 hanja with this reading, and variant forms of two of those, on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names; they are:[1]
- 建 (세울 건; se-ul geon): "to construct"
- 䢖 (variant)
- 乾 (하늘 건; haneul geon): "sky"
- (마를 건; mareul geon): "dry"
- 漧 (variant)
- 件 (물건 건; mulgeon geon): "object", "matter"
- 健 (굳셀 건; gutsel geon): "strong"
- 巾 (수건 건; sugeon geon): "towel"
- 虔 (공경할 건; gong-gyeong geon): "respect"
- 楗 (문빗장 건; munbitjang geon): "door latch"
- 鍵 (열쇠 건; yeolsoe geon): "key"
- 愆 (허물 건; heomul geon): "error"
- 腱 (힘줄 건; himjul geon): "sinew"
- 蹇 (절뚝발이 건; jeolttukbari geon): "cripple"
- 騫 (이지러질 건; ijireojil geon): "wane"
- 搴 (빼낼 건; ppaenael geon): "to pick"
- 湕 (물 이름 건; mul ireum geon): name of a body of water[2]
- 踺 (밟을 건; balbeul geon): "follow"
People
editPeople with this name include:
- Yi Geon (1909–1990), Korean prince
- Kang Kon (1918–1950), Korean military leader
- Goh Kun (born 1938), South Korean politician
- Shin Kuhn (1941–2015), South Korean lawyer and politician
- Cui Jian (born 1961), Chinese musician
- Yoo Gun (born Jo Jeong-ik, 1983), American-born South Korean actor
- Heo Keon (born 1988), South Korean football player
- Park Gon (born 1990), South Korean football player
- Lee Geon (footballer) (born 1996), South Korean football player
As a name element
editIn the 2000s, one given name containing this element, Kun-woo, was a popular name for newborn baby boys in South Korea.[3] Other given names containing this element include:
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. August 2007. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
- ^ Specifically, the old name of the South Xinbu River (南新埠河) in Jingmen City, Hubei. See "建水". cidianwang.com. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
- ^ "남자 → '민준' 여자 → '서연' 가장 많아". Law Times. 2010-01-20. Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
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