Hye-sung, also spelled as Hye-seong, or in North Korea as Hye-song, is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 16 hanja with the reading "hye" and 27 hanja with the reading "sung" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[1]
| Hye-sung | |
| Hangul | 혜성 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Hye-seong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Hyesŏng |
People with this name include:
- Hwang Hye-seong (1920–2006), South Korean professor and researcher of Korean royal court cuisine
- Han Hye-song (fl. 1985), North Korean table tennis player
- Shin Hye-sung (born 1979), South Korean singer, member of boyband Shinhwa
- Kim Hye-song (boxer) (born 1984), North Korean boxer
- Hyun Hye-sung (born 1986), South Korean field hockey player
- Kim Hye-seong (born 1988), South Korean actor
- Jung Hye-sung (born 1991), South Korean actress
- Kim Hye-song (runner) (born 1993), North Korean runner
- Kim Hye-song (gymnast) (born 1997), North Korean gymnast
- Hyeseong (singer) (born Yang Hye-sun, 1999), South Korean singer, member of girl group Elris
Fictional characters with this name include:
- Jang Hye-sung, character in 2013 South Korean television series I Can Hear Your Voice
- Joo Hye-sung, character in 2016 South Korean television series Hey Ghost, Let's Fight.
- Nam Hye-sung, character in 2014 South Korean television series You Are the Only One
See also
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edit- ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF) (in Korean). South Korea: Supreme Court. August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
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