Sun-hye

Sun-hye
Pronunciation/sʌn.hɛ/
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameKorean
Meaningfrom Hanja combination, 善(seon) meaning "good, excellent, virtuous", and 惠(hye) meaning "love, grace, gentle, bright, wise, intelligent, beautiful or different depending on Hanja
Other names
Alternative spellingSeon-hye, Sun-hae, Sun-hay
Sun-hye
Hangul
선혜
Hanja
善惠, 善慧 and others
Revised RomanizationSeonhye
McCune–ReischauerSŏnhye
IPA[sʌnheː]

Sun-hye, also spelled Seon-hye, Sun-hae, Sun-hay, is a Korean feminine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 55 hanja with the reading "sun"[1] and 25 hanja with the reading "hye"[2] on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.

People

People with this name include:

  • Kim Sun-hye [ko] (born 1973), South Korean voice actress
  • Sunhye (born 2001, Hwang Sunhye), South Korean singer, member of SHA SHA
  • Sunhye (born 2003, Yang Sun-hye), South Korean actress
  • Sunhye (born 2004, Jeong Sunhye), South Korean singer, member of YOUNG POSSE

See also

References

  1. ^ 대법원 인명용 : 네이버 한자사전 "선"
  2. ^ 대법원 인명용 : 네이버 한자사전 "혜"