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Mi-kyung
Hangul
미경
Hanja
, , and others
Revised RomanizationMigyeong
McCune–ReischauerMikyŏng

Mi-kyung or Mi-kyoung, also spelled Mi-gyeong or Mi-gyong is a Korean feminine given name. It was South Korea's most popular name for baby girls in 1968.[1] Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name.

Hanja

There are 33 hanja with the reading "mi" and 54 hanja with the reading "kyung" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.[2] Some ways of writing this name in hanja include:

  • (아름다울 미 areumdaul mi, 서울 경 seoul gyeong): "beautiful capital city". These characters are also used to write the Japanese given name Miyako.[3]
  • (아름다울 미 areumdaul mi, 볕 경 byeot gyeong): "beautiful sunshine"
  • (아름다울 미 areumdaul mi, 공경할 경 gonggyeonghal gyeong): "beautifully respect"

People

People with this name include:

Artists and writers
Entertainers
Sportspeople

See also

References

  1. ^ 이진희 (Yi Jin-hui) (2009-01-28). "너도 민준이니… 어! 또 서연이야". Hankook Ilbo. Archived from the original on 2010-10-09. Retrieved 2012-10-27.
  2. ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). Seoul: Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  3. ^ Breen, Jim. "Japanese Names (ENAMDICT)". Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group. Retrieved 2014-04-14.