Ki-moon, also spelled Gi-mun, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 68 hanja with the reading "ki" and 14 hanja with the reading "moon" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[1] Ways of writing this name in hanja include:
Ki-moon | |
Hangul | 기문 |
---|---|
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Gi-mun |
McCune–Reischauer | Kimun |
People with this name include:
- Ban Ki-moon (born 1944), South Korean diplomat, eighth Secretary General of the United Nations
- Kim Kimoon (born 1954), South Korean chemist
- Kang Gi-mun, South Korean politician; see List of members of the South Korean Constituent Assembly, 1948–50
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
- ^ Breen, Jim (2011). Japanese Names Dictionary. Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group. Archived from the original on 2012-12-05. Retrieved 2012-12-02.