Hyun-sik is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 35 hanja with the reading "hyun" and 16 hanja with the reading "sik" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[1]
Hyun-sik | |
Hangul | 현식 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Hyeon-sik |
McCune–Reischauer | Hyŏnsik |
People with this name include:
- Im Hyun-sik (born 1945), South Korean actor
- Min Hyun-sik (born 1946), South Korean architect
- Jo Hyun-sik (born 1983), South Korean actor
- Ahn Hyun-sik (born 1987), South Korean football player
- Im Hyun-sik (singer) (born 1992), South Korean singer, member of boy band BtoB
- Lee Hyeon-sik, South Korean handball player
Fictional characters with this name include:
- Hyun-shik, in 2000 South Korean film The Isle
- Jung Hyun-sik, in 2012 South Korean film Confession of Murder