Hye-bin is a Korean feminine given name. Its meanings depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name.
Pronunciation | Korean pronunciation: [h(j)ebin] |
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Gender | Feminine |
Language(s) | Korean |
Origin | |
Region of origin | Korea |
Hye-bin | |
Hangul | 혜빈 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Hyebin |
McCune–Reischauer | Hye-bin |
Hanja and meaning
editThere are 16 hanja with the reading "hye" and 25 hanja with the reading "bin" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.[1] Some ways of writing this name in hanja include:
Historically, Hye-bin (惠嬪) was a title for concubines of the first rank during the Joseon dynasty, for example King Sejong the Great's concubine Hye-bin Yang or King Injong's concubine Hye-bin Jeong.[2] Such titles can be distinguished from the given name because they are placed before the surname rather than after it.
People
editPeople with this name include:
- Jeon Hye-bin (born 1983), South Korean actress and singer
Fictional characters
editFictional characters with this name include:
- Jang Hye-bin, from the 2011 South Korean television series A Thousand Kisses
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.
- ^ 신명호 [Sin Myeong-ho] (December 2013). 《조선왕실 왕비와 후궁의 생활》 [The Lives of Queens and Concubines in the Joseon Royal Court]. National Palace Museum of Korea. pp. 72, 93. Retrieved 19 August 2018 – via National Library of Korea.[permanent dead link ]