Seon-ok explained

Hangul:	선옥
Hanja:	(various)
Mr:	Sŏnok
Rr:	Seonok

Seon-ok, also spelled Sun-ok or Son-ok, is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 41 hanja with the reading "seon" and five hanja with the reading "ok" 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:

• Jeon Seon-ok (born 1951), South Korean speed skater
• Gong Sun-ok (born 1963), South Korean writer
• Kim Sun-ok (bobsledder) (born 1980), South Korean bobsledder
• Lee Seon-ok (born 1981), South Korean field hockey player
• Hong Son-ok (born 1950), North Korean politician, Vice-chairperson of the Supreme People's Assembly

See also

• List of Korean given names

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://help.scourt.go.kr/nm/img/hanja/hanja.pdf. ko:인명용 한자표. Table of hanja for use in personal names. 23, 29. Supreme Court. South Korea. August 2007. 2 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20170329075216/http://help.scourt.go.kr/nm/img/hanja/hanja.pdf. 29 March 2017.