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Soo-hyun

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Soo-hyun
Pronunciation/su.hjʌn/
GenderUnisex
Origin
Word/nameKorean
Meaningdifferent depending on Hanja
Other names
Alternative spellingSu-hyeon, Soo-hyeon, Su-hyun, Su-hyon, Soo-hyon
Soo-hyun
Hangul
수현
Hanja
, , , and others
Revised RomanizationSu-hyeon
McCune–ReischauerSuhyŏn
IPA[suhjʌn]

Soo-hyun, also spelled Su-hyeon, or Soo-hyeon, Su-hyun, Su-hyon, is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 67 hanja with the reading "soo" and 35 hanja with the reading "hyun" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[1] People with this name include:

Entertainers

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Sportspeople

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  • Bang Soo-hyun (born 1972), South Korean female badminton player
  • Kwon Soo-hyun (born 1974), South Korean women's field hockey player
  • Jeon Soo-hyun (born Jeon Tae-hyun, 1986), South Korean male football goalkeeper (K-League Challenge)
  • Yoo Soo-hyun (born 1986), South Korean male football midfielder (K-League Challenge)
  • Jong Su-hyon (born 1996), North Korean ice hockey player
  • Su-Hyun Oh (born 1996), South Korean-born Australian female golfer

Others

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  • Kim Soo-hyun (born Kim Soon-ok, 1943), South Korean female writer

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "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 30 April 2019.