Geun Explained
| Hangul: | 근 |
| Hanja: | Family/given
(axe)Given name only:
|
| Mr: | Kŭn |
| Rr: | Geun |
Geun, also spelled Gun, Keun, or Kun, is a rare Korean family name, a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in some two-syllable names.
Family name
As a family name, Geun is written with one hanja, meaning "axe" (; 도끼 근), also the name of the unit of weight sometimes called "catty" in English. It has one bon-gwan: Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do, in what is today South Korea.[1] The fffhf 2000 South Korean census estimated that there were 242 people with this family name.[2]
Given name
Hanja
As a given name or name element, the meaning of "geun" differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are 18 hanja with this reading on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names; they are:[3]
- (가까울 근): nearby
- (부지런할 근): diligent
- (뿌리 근): roots
- (도끼 근): axe
- (겨우 근): only
- (매흙질할 근): to plaster with loam
- (맑을 근): clean, pure
- (무궁화 근): Hibiscus syriacus flower
- (아름다운 옥 근): beautiful jade
- (여자의 자 근):
- (힘줄 근): tendon
- (힘 근): strength
- (은근할 근): subtle
- (미나리 근): water parsley
- (제비꽃 근): pansy
- (뵐 근): see
- (주릴 근): starve
- (삼갈 근): abstinence, prudence
People
People with the single-syllable given name Geun include:
- Kwŏn Kŭn (1352–1409), early Joseon Dynasty Neo-Confucian scholar
- Ri Gun, North Korean diplomat
As name element
Korean given names containing the element "geun" include:
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: 한국성씨일람. List of Korean family. Kyungpook National University. 2003-12-11. 2013-10-30.
- Web site: 성씨인구분포데이터. Family name population and distribution data. National Statistics Office. South Korea. 2013-05-28. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131101034812/http://sgis.nso.go.kr/pyramid/view_familyname_dmc_table.asp. 2013-11-01.
- Web site: 인명용 한자표. Table of hanja for use in personal names. Supreme Court. South Korea. 2013-10-17.
