Seong-hui

For the Korean given name spelled 승희, see Seung-hee.
Seong-hui
Hangul
성희
Hanja
盛希 and others
Revised RomanizationSeong-hui
McCune–ReischauerSŏnghŭi
IPA/sʰʌŋʝi/

Seong-hui or Sung-hee, also spelled Song-hui in North Korea,[1] is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 27 hanja with the reading "sung" 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.[2]

People with this name include:

Entertainers
  • Jo Sung-hee (born 1978), South Korean male film director
  • Bada (singer) (born Choi Sung-hee, 1980), South Korean female singer
  • Ja Mezz (born Kim Sung-hee, 1989), South Korean male rapper
  • Ko Sung-hee (born 1990), South Korean actress
Sportspeople
Others

See also

References

  1. ^ However, in both Revised Romanization of Korean and the North's official modified McCune–Reischauer system, "Song-hui" is also the spelling of another given name 송희 (/sʰoŋʝi/, with a closed rather than open-mid back unrounded vowel in the first syllable). See "[런던2012]'2골 작렬' 북한 女축구선수는 김성희? 김송희?" [London 2012: is North Korea's 'two-goal explosion' women's footballer Kim Seong-hui? Kim Song-hui?]. JoongAng Ilbo. 26 July 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  2. ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. p. 23. Retrieved 2013-10-17.