Seong-il explained

Hangul:	성일
Hanja:	, and others
Mr:	Sŏng'il
Rr:	Seong-il

Seong-il, also spelled Sung-il or Seoung-il, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 27 hanja with the reading "seong" and ten hanja with the reading "il" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.^[1] One pair of hanja used to write this name (成一) also correspond to a number of different Japanese given names, including the on-yomi Seiichi and kun-yomi such as Iwao and Masakazu.^[2]

People with this name include:

• Kim Seong-il (1538–1593), Joseon Dynasty politician
• Shin Seong-il (born 1937 as Kang Shin-young), South Korean actor
• Kim Sung-il (general) (born 1948), South Korean pilot, former Air Force Chief of Staff
• Jung Sung-il (director) (born 1959), South Korean film critic, director and screenwriter
• Ko Seong-il (born 1964), South Korean voice actor
• Jung Sung-il (born 1969), South Korean figure skater
• Song Sung-il (1969–1995), South Korean Greco-Roman wrestler
• Kim Sung-il (footballer, born 1973), South Korean football player
• Kim Seoung-il (born 1990), South Korean short track speed skater
• Kang Song-il (born 1994), North Korean alpine skier
• Pak Song-il, North Korean diplomat

See also

• List of Korean given names
• Li Sung Il, North Korean table tennis player

Notes and References

1. Web site: 인명용 한자표. Table of hanja for use in personal names. Supreme Court. South Korea. 2013-10-17. 23.
2. Book: Breen, Jim. Jim Breen

   . 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.