Byung-wook
| Byung-wook | |
| Hangul | 병욱 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 竝旭 and others |
| Revised Romanization | Byeong-uk |
| McCune–Reischauer | Pyŏng'uk |
Byung-wook is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 17 hanja with the reading "byung" and 11 hanja with the reading "wook" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[1]
People with this name include:
- Ri Byong-uk (born 1954), North Korean boxer
- Ko Byung-wook (born 1992), South Korean football forward
- Lee Byungwook, South Korean scientist, author of the biological sequence patent database Patome
See also
References
- ↑ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). Seoul: Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
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