Seong-gyeong explained

Hangul:	성경
Hanja:	and others
Mr:	Sŏngkyŏng
Rr:	Seong-gyeong

Seong-gyeong, also spelled Sung-kyung, is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name.

Hanja

There are 27 hanja with the reading "seong" and 54 hanja with the reading "gyeong" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.^[1] Some ways of writing this name in hanja include:

• (성인 성 seong-in seong, 글 경 geul gyeong): "holy book".^[2] This is the given name of actress Lee Sung-kyung; her parents chose these hanja for her name to reflect their Christian religion.^[3]
• (정성 성 jeongseong seong, 공경 경 gong-gyeong gyeong): "sincere and respectful".^[2] These characters are also used to write the masculine Japanese given name Tomotaka.^[4]

People

People with this name include:

• Kim Sung-kyung (born 1972), South Korean female television personality
• Hari (singer) (born Jeong Sung-kyung, 1990), South Korean singer
• Lee Sung-kyung (born 1990), South Korean actress

Fictional characters with this name include:

• Hwang Seong-gyeong, male character in the Soul series of fighting games

See also

• List of Korean given names
• Seonggyeong (誠敬) is one of the epithets in the full posthumous name of Sunjong of Korea: His Imperial Majesty Emperor Sunjong Munon Muryeong Donin Seonggyeong of Korea

Notes and References

1. Web site: 인명용 한자표. Table of hanja for use in personal names. Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea. Seoul. 6 October 2005.
2. Book: http://krdic.naver.com/search.nhn?query=%EC%84%B1%EA%B2%BD&kind=keyword. 성경. Naver Dictionary. 7 October 2015.
3. News: 이성경, '밝고 순수한 소녀가 내 안에 있죠' (인터뷰). Korea Economic Daily. 16 September 2014. 7 October 2015. 29 June 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150629081817/http://tenasia.hankyung.com/archives/318462. dead.
4. Book: Breen, Jim. Japanese Names Dictionary. Jim Breen. Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group. 2011. 2012-12-02. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121205062302/http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi. 2012-12-05.