Seong-hui explained
| Hangul: | 성희 |
| Hanja: | and others |
| Mr: | Sŏnghŭi |
| Rr: | Seong-hui |
| Koreanipa: | /sʰʌŋʝi/ |
Seong-hui or Sung-hee, also spelled Song-hui in North Korea,[1] is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 27 hanja with the reading "sung" and 24 hanja with the reading "hee" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[2]
People with this name include:
- Entertainers
- Jo Sung-hee (born 1978), South Korean male film director
- Bada (singer) (born Choi Sung-hee, 1980), South Korean female singer
- Ja Mezz (born Kim Sung-hee, 1989), South Korean male rapper
- Ko Sung-hee (born 1990), South Korean actress
- Sportspeople
- Others
See also
Notes and References
- However, in both Revised Romanization of Korean and the North's official modified McCune–Reischauer system, "Song-hui" is also the spelling of another given name Korean: 송희 (with a closed rather than open-mid back unrounded vowel in the first syllable). See News: [런던2012]'2골 작렬' 북한 女축구선수는 김성희? 김송희?]. London 2012: is North Korea's 'two-goal explosion' women's footballer Kim Seong-hui? Kim Song-hui?. JoongAng Ilbo. 26 July 2012. 22 February 2018.
- Web site: 인명용 한자표. Table of hanja for use in personal names. Supreme Court. South Korea. 2013-10-17. 23.
