Tae-suk
| Tae-suk | |
| Hangul | 태석 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 兌錫, 泰錫, and others |
| Revised Romanization | Tae-seok |
| McCune–Reischauer | T'aesŏk |
Tae-suk, also spelled Tae-seok or Tae-sok, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 20 hanja with the reading "tae" and 20 hanja with the reading "suk" 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:
- Oh Taeseok (born 1940), South Korean filmmaker
- Kim Tae-seok (born 1946), South Korean sport shooter
- Chang Tae-suk (born 1968), South Korean fencer
- Ronald Tae-Sok Kim (born 1979), South Korean-born American politician
- Lee Tae-seok (born 1992), South Korean Catholic priest and doctor who helped the people of Tonj, Sudan
Fictional characters with this name include:
- Han Tae-seok, in 2000 South Korean television series Autumn in My Heart
- Tae-seok, in 2002 South Korean television series Age of Innocence
- Jeong Tae-seok, in 2012 South Korean film Confession of Murder
See also
References
- ↑ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). Seoul: Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
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