If you’re among the Hallyu (Korean wave) or K-pop fans who want to pick a South Korean name for your baby boy, you can choose from our top 100 choices of the most popular names below. Popular Korean Baby Names for Boys Many Korean names are written with dashes (-), but they reta...
Many Korean given names contain two Sino-Korean roots, known as syllables or characters. Together, they’re considered one unit, and you can write them together, hyphenated, or separately. For example, the Korean boys’ name Ji-ho can be written with the hyphen (with or without the second ...
I only just discovered I was free, and my policy with Zoom lectures is only to announce those I can attend myself. If I didn’t, this blog would be overwhelmed, turning into a lighter version of the Korean Studies Events Database! (You should totally sign up for the Korean Studies ...
As a visitor living or traveling in South Korea (or even living in your home country and interacting with Koreans), it’s easy to notice a barrier at times due to Korean cultural differences. Not to mention thatmany foreigners can have names that are very difficult to pronounce for Koreans...
There are 33 hanja with the reading “chan” and 67 hanja with the task “yeol” on the South Korean government’s official list of hanja, which may be registered for use in given names. 5. Dae-Hyun (대현) Dae-Hyun is a popular Korean name for boys. Dae and Hyun are two ...
I’ll translate the report in a moment below. But first, study rooms, for those unfamiliar, are like libraries where all the bookshelves have been replaced by rows of separate cubicles. Designed to be equally quiet, and with the sole purpose of studying, I’ve also been told by a friend...
the name Ji-a for some of the cutest interpretations!Jiis a fairly common Korean name for girls and boys and can mean “wisdom,”“intellect,”“perceive,”“comprehend,”“will,” and “ambition.” Combine those strong meanings witha(ah), which can mean “beautiful,”“bud,”“sprout,”...
Boys Over Flowers Korean: 꽃보다 남자 | Kkotboda Namja Boys Over Flowers is a romantic comedy high school K-drama. It’s about Geum Jan Di, a young woman from a poor family who coincidentally got admitted to the high school for the rich, Shinhwa High School, where the different...
Audience interest in Korea for Boys Over Flowers began modestly with numbers in the mid-teens, but by the tenth episode to the end of the series, the television audience share was consistently above 30 – an extremely popular show. Like many another Korean romantic comedy, the dramatic elements...
We haven't been able to find out why she took a stage name, but likely it has to do with both her family nameKim(김) and her first name Hyun-joo (현주) being very common names in South Korea. HA JI-WON 하지원