Sun-hee
| Sun-hee | |
| Hangul | 선희 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Seon-hui |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sŏnhŭi |
| IPA | [sʌnʝi] |
Sun-hee, also spelled Son-hui or Seon-hui, is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 41 hanja with the reading "sun" and 24 hanja with the reading "hee" 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:
- Consort Yeong (1696–1764), also known as Lady Seonhui, consort to Yeongjo of Joseon
- Lee Sun-hee (singer) (born 1964), South Korean singer
- Yoo Sun-hee (born 1967), South Korean female speed skater
- Mun Seon-hui (born 1968), South Korean voice actress
- Han Sun-hee (born 1973), South Korean team handball player
- Lee Sun-hee (taekwondo) (born 1978), South Korean taekwondo practitioner
- Woo Sun-hee (born 1978), South Korean team handball player
- Kil Son-hui (born 1985), North Korean football forward
- Kwak Ji-min (born Kwak Sun-hee, 1985), South Korean actress
- Hwang Sun-hee (born 1986), South Korean actress
- Chang Son-hui (장선희; 張善姬), North Korean actress who starred in the 1985 film Pulgasari
Fictional characters with this name include:
- Sunhi, the titular character of 2013 South Korean film Our Sunhi
- Kim Sun-hee, one of the main characters in When My Name Was Keoko by Linda Sue Park
- Sun-hee, a character in The Boys Diabolical who had terminal pancreatic cancer.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. p. 53. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
- ^ Slavney, Martyn Williams, Natalia (2022-11-15). "Twenty Years of Mobile Communications in North Korea - 38 North: Informed Analysis of North Korea". 38 North. Retrieved 2024-12-10.
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