Young-ha, spelled Yong-ha in North Korea, is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 34 hanja with the reading "young" and 24 hanja with the reading "ha" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[1]
Young-ha | |
Hangul | 영하 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Yeong-ha |
McCune–Reischauer | Yŏng-ha |
IPA | /jʌŋɦa/ |
People with this name include:
- Chu Yong-ha (1908–?), North Korean politician and diplomat
- Lee Young-ha (born 1951), South Korean actor
- Kim Young-ha (born 1968), South Korean writer
- Lee Young-ha (baseball) (born 1997), South Korean baseball player
- Lee Yeong-ha, South Korean speed skater, flag bearer for South Korea at the 1992 Winter Olympics
See also
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edit- ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). Seoul: Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea. August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2018.