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Korean name question?
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MechKing
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don_kyuhote
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Jae Duk = first name | ||
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ShadowDrgn
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krndandaman
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The_LiNk
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krndandaman
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IntoTheWow
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On June 21 2011 16:05 The_LiNk wrote: Jaeduk is his given name. Jae and Duk are separate characters. First is always the family name followed by the given name. Most Asian cultures have 3 character names, though there are 2 character named (single character given names). I'm not sure if Koreans have single character names though. They have. I have seen some in BW pros, but they are not common. Example: Nal_rA : 강 민 Kang Min | ||
LosingID8
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Funnytoss
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On June 21 2011 16:19 IntoTheWow wrote: They have. I have seen some in BW pros, but they are not common. Example: Nal_rA : 강 민 Kang Min Whew, I was about to post but I decided to refresh just in case since I figured someone would probably post Nal_rA before me. | ||
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Disregard
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If one were to get mail in the States, its confusing. D: | ||
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SnowFantasy
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On June 21 2011 16:19 IntoTheWow wrote: They have. I have seen some in BW pros, but they are not common. Example: Nal_rA : 강 민 Kang Min I don't think he is talking about that. He means one syllable full names. Instead of "강민" "강" or "민". | ||
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kaleidoscope
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surname + 2 characters and their surname is always hanja (aka able to be written in chinese characters) there are some people with surname + 1 character, and also increasing trend of people with 2 characters surname (there are, but very very very few) edit: there are no middle name, if it's 2 characters (excluding surname), they belong to first name | ||
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Caphe
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Korean, Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese names can all be written in Chinese characters. So the Chinese read Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese names in the tones of the Chinese characters. For example, Park Ji Sung, a very famous football(soccer) player from SK is called Piao Zhi Xing in Chinese. The first names in East Asia country usually mean something, some time very great things :D. We don't name ourself after our senior, its kind of forbidden to name your kid the same name as your farther lol. In some Korean family, they actually have the same name for each generation O_O. I have 2 korean friends name Park Se Jun and Park Hyn Jun cos they are brothers, and their generation have to take the name Jun. | ||
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ShloobeR
Korea (South)3809 Posts
한자 names are by far the most common and originate from chinese characters, typically with some deep meaning, Hanja names are usually a 1 symbol surname and a 2 symbol given name (but there are variations, given names can be 1 or more and family names can rarely be 2) Since the variety of Hanja for your typical Hangeul name is so wide, people with identical names in Korean could have completely different names in Chinese. (at least meaning-wise) 한글 names are more of a new trend, most commonly used for Christian names. It's typically the younger generations you will see with this kind of name. In writing order the family name always comes first. There is actually a lot of tradition when it comes to naming, with specialist 'name creators' being paid quite a lot of money to create a specific and personal Hanja name for the child (often using their 사주), additionally as posters above mentioned, more traditional korean families will also have 'generational characters' which are characters shared generation per generation, usually alternating between the first and second characters. This can sometimes be a repeating cycle of characters going through many many generations, aditionally, women usually do not have this. probably more than you asked for sorry : ( | ||
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