Dong-geun
| Dong-geun | |
| Hangul | 동근 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 東根 ("Eastern roots") and others |
| Revised Romanization | Dong-geun |
| McCune–Reischauer | Tong'gŭn |
Dong-geun, also spelled Dong-keun, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 24 hanja with the reading "dong" and 18 hanja with the reading "geun" 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:
- Entertainers
- Yoo Dong-geun (born 1956), South Korean actor
- Yang Dong-geun (born 1979), South Korean actor
- Shin Dong-geun (born 1993), stage name Shin Peniel, American-born South Korean rapper, member of BtoB
- Sportspeople
- Park Dong-keun (born 1941), South Korean taekwondo grandmaster
- Lee Dong-keun (born 1979), South Korean curler
- Shin Dong-keun (born 1981), South Korean footballer
- Lee Dong-geun (footballer born 1981), South Korean footballer
- Yu Dong-geun (born 1985), South Korean handball player
- Lee Dong-geun (footballer born 1988), South Korean footballer
- Lee Dong-keun (badminton) (born 1990), South Korean badminton player
- Others
- Kang Tong-gun (1916–2004), one of South Korea's unconverted long-term prisoners who crossed over to North Korea in 2000
- Kim Dong-Keun (born 1990), South Korean civic activist
See also
References
- ↑ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
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