Mi-kyung explained

Hangul:	미경
Hanja:	,, and others
Rr:	Migyeong
Mr:	Mikyŏng

Mi-kyung or Mi-kyoung, also spelled Mi-gyeong or Mi-gyong is a Korean feminine given name. It was South Korea's most popular name for baby girls in 1968.^[1] Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name.

Hanja

There are 33 hanja with the reading "mi" and 54 hanja with the reading "kyung" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.^[2] Some ways of writing this name in hanja include:

• (아름다울 미 areumdaul mi, 서울 경 seoul gyeong): "beautiful capital city". These characters are also used to write the Japanese given name Miyako.^[3]
• (아름다울 미 areumdaul mi, 볕 경 byeot gyeong): "beautiful sunshine"
• (아름다울 미 areumdaul mi, 공경할 경 gonggyeonghal gyeong): "beautifully respect"

People

People with this name include:

Artists and writers

• Jung Mikyung (born 1960), South Korean novelist
• Yun Mi-kyung (born 1980), South Korean manhwa artist
• Mikyoung Kim, American landscape architect of Korean descent

Entertainers

• Won Mi-kyung (born 1960), South Korean actress
• Yang Mi-kyung (born 1961), South Korean actress
• Kim Mi-kyung (born 1963), South Korean actress
• Mikyung Sung (born 1993), South Korean classical musician

Sportspeople

• Kim Mi-gyeong (athlete) (born 1967), South Korean long-distance runner
• Lim Mi-kyung (born 1967), South Korean team handball player
• Yun Mi-gyeong (born 1968), South Korean sprinter
• Lee Mi-kyung (sport shooter) (born 1969), South Korean sport shooter
• Chang Mi-kyung (born 1973), South Korean fencer
• Chun Mi-kyung (born 1973), South Korean fencer
• Park Mee-kyung (born 1975), South Korean volleyball player
• Ri Mi-gyong (born 1990), North Korean table tennis player
• Kim Mi-gyong (born 1991), North Korean long-distance runner
• Lee Mi-gyeong (handballer) (born 1991), South Korean handball player

See also

• List of Korean given names

Notes and References

1. News: 너도 민준이니… 어! 또 서연이야 . 이진희 (Yi Jin-hui) . . 2009-01-28 . 2012-10-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101009022418/http://news.hankooki.com/lpage/society/200901/h2009012802484321950.htm . 2010-10-09 .
2. Web site: 인명용 한자표. Table of hanja for use in personal names. Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea. Seoul. 8 October 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20170829123222/http://help.scourt.go.kr/nm/img/hanja/hanja.pdf. 29 August 2017.
3. Web site: Japanese Names (ENAMDICT) . Jim . Breen . Jim Breen . Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group . 2014-04-14 .