Su-hye, also spelled Soo-hye, is a Korean feminine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 91 hanja with the reading "su"[1] and 25 hanja with the reading "hye"[2] on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.
Pronunciation | /su.hɛ/ |
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Gender | Female |
Origin | |
Word/name | Korean |
Meaning | from Hanja combination, 秀(su) meaning "excellent, beautiful, flower, flowering, elegant, talent", and 惠(hye) meaning "love, grace, gentle, bright, wise, intelligent, beautiful or different depending on Hanja |
Other names | |
Alternative spelling | Soo-hye |
Su-hye | |
Hangul | 수혜 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Suhye |
McCune–Reischauer | Suhye |
IPA | [suheː] |
Notable people with this name include:
- Haruka Igawa (born 1976, Cho Su-hye, Cho Yoshie), Japanese actress
- Jang Su-hye (born 1988), South Korean actress, translator, art director